Margaret Spellings
Margaret Spellings
Margaret M. LaMontagne Spellings, née Dudar, is an education administrator and American politician. Spellings is currently the University of North Carolina System President, having taken office on March 1, 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth20 November 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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Under Secretary Spellings' leadership, stringent processes have been instituted to ensure these types of missteps don't happen again.
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Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything.
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Well, as I've said, there's nobody who cares more about the credibility of this department and the credibility of No Child Left Behind than me.
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I see lots of support for it in the states. I think smart governors know, all governors know, that if you don't have an educated work force you're not going to have a strong and thriving state economy.
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We're open to new ideas, but we're not taking our eye off the ball,
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We're on the way to keeping that promise.
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The absence of good, sound data makes it difficult to set policy at the federal, state and institutional levels, ... It's time to examine how we can maximize our investment in higher education.
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The achievement gap is closing and that is great news for every student, ... These Blue Ribbon Schools are an example of what teachers and students can achieve.
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A growth model is not a way around accountability standards,
And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does.
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Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities. Always stand proud in who you are!
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I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.
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And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.
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What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before.