"Completing the work of education reform is a final exam for Congress before they go home in August for summer vacation and before America's children go back to school, " the president said in his weekly radio address.

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At the end of summer, some children are excited to go back to school.

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Over the summer she had outgrown her old shoes, and she was too proud to go to school barefoot.

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