31.   Educational standards, he said, should be a joint project of the states, avoiding federal rules and regulations.

32.   Even more urgent, it must raise its educational standards to provide the skilled technicians who are being trained rapidly in competitor nations like Malaysia and the Philippines.

33.   --Give the schools chancellor clear authority to take over schools or entire districts that consistently perform below accepted educational standards.

34.   Go ahead, raise the educational standards for students in public schools and watch black children rise to the occasion.

35.   He hopes to raise educational standards to the equivalent of the best private schools in the country, in a public school.

36.   He pushed an ambitious program to lift educational standards by national testing that was resisted by congressional Republicans but finally adopted in a weakened version.

37.   How exactly is any of this advancing efforts to raise the educational standards of Massachusetts public schools?

38.   His efforts led to a wider role for entomology and the science of integrated pest management and to higher educational standards for his department.

39.   However, the state received an overall grade of C-plus for educational standards.

40.   In his first major address on education, Dole said he would promote school choice and a return to basic educational standards.