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
education might sophisticated
We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.
education kansas understanding
My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.
education numbers challenges
Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.
relationship talking goal
We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about.
trust children believe
And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality.
assessment years understanding
In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute.
teacher kids thinking
I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap.
mean achievement gaps
I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
thinking parent culture
I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.
done ifs
If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got.
implement law sensible
implement this law in a sensible and workable way.
next people
She doesn't want to be in the paper, ... She's all about the president. Will people think she is important and in the know for her next gig? I can tell you she is and she is.
ensure happen processes secretary stringent types
Under Secretary Spellings' leadership, stringent processes have been instituted to ensure these types of missteps don't happen again.