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Notable quotable.


"Three approaches to reform need to be combined: capacity building, performance management and market forces. The public is unimpressed by 'adequate'. They want 'good' and aspire to aspire to
verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for
 'great' ... and over the long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. , political-will is essential."

--Sir Michael Barber, former education advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair
, at the SchoolNet EduStat Summit in June
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Title Annotation:Michael Barber on school managementt
Author:Barber, Michael
Publication:District Administration
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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