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As elections loom, Barack Obama tries to reformAmericas schools

随着选举临近，巴拉克-Obama尝试改造美国的学校

AMERICAS schools are dotted with stories ofprogress. In December your correspondentwatched a class of seven-year-olds on Chicagospoor West Side. As Mauricia Dantes, a consultant forIBM before she retrained as a teacher, led the pupilsin a discussion about the deaf-and-blind authorHelen Keller, one small girl declared: I feel like Im incollege. One day, thanks to Ms Dantes and other teachers, she may be.

美国的学校系统里不乏一些可圈可点的先进事迹。去年12月份，我们的记者在芝加哥欠发达的西区旁听了一节七年级课程。当毛里西噢-邓蒂斯教师引导学生们围绕聋哑作家海伦凯勒展开讨论时，一个小女孩大声说：我感觉自己像在大学里。感谢邓蒂斯女士和其它教师，有一天她可能真的.会到那里。

Barack Obama wants such scenes to be the rule rather than the exception. The question iswhat the federal government can do to help. Ten years ago Congress passed the No Child LeftBehind Act , a bold effort to improve Americas schools. On March 14th Mr Obamaannounced that he wants to pass a new version by August. It could be one of his mostimportant feats. But it will not be easy.

巴拉克-Obama希望这样的场景成为常例，而非特例。问题是联邦政府能提供怎样的帮助。十年前，国会通过了《不让一个孩子掉队法》一项旨在改进美国学校系统的大胆举措。3月14日，Obama先生宣布他想在8月份前通过一个新版本。虽然这有可能成为他执政期间最重要的成就之一，但是实现起来将不会轻松。