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Back-to-School Address, National Press Club, Washington, DC (September 24, 2004)
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and guests at the National Press Club, where he recently gave his Annual Back-to School address. (L-R) Maria Hernandez Ferrier, Assistant Deputy Secretary; Shawn McCollough, Principal, Gainesville Elementary School; Fatima Rodriguez, successful limited English proficient student; and Secretary Paige.
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and guests at the National Press Club, where he recently gave his Annual Back-to School address. (L-R) Maria Hernandez Ferrier, Assistant Deputy Secretary; Shawn McCollough, Principal, Gainesville Elementary School; Fatima Rodriguez, successful limited English proficient student; and Secretary Paige.


U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and guests at the National Press Club, where he recently gave his Annual Back-to School address. (L-R) Maria Hernandez Ferrier, Assistant Deputy Secretary; Shawn McCollough, Principal, Gainesville Elementary School; Fatima Rodriguez, successful limited English proficient student; and Secretary Paige. U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige invited No Child Left Behind success stories -- Principal Shawn McCollough, Gainesville Elementary School and limited English proficient student Fatima Rodriguez to the National Press Club for his Annual Back-to School address. (L-R) Principal McCollough, Fatima, Sec. Paige and Fatima's sister Monica Rodriguez.
U.S. Secretary of Education recently highlighted the achievement of English language learners under the law No Child Left Behind by inviting successful student Fatima Rodriguez of Gainesville Elementary School in Georgia to hear his Annual Back-to-School speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  

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