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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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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Our hearts and thoughts go out to the students and educators at these schools, ... We're committed to doing everything we can to help these communities rebuild and to help these students get back to school as quickly as possible.
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These Blue Ribbon Schools are an example of what teachers and students can achieve, ... For the first time, we are insisting on results and accountability in return for our federal investment in education.
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This is a victory for children and parents all across the country. Chief Judge Friedman's decision validates our partnership with states to close the achievement gap, hold schools accountable and to ensure all students are reading and doing math at grade-level by 2014.
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It's significant while we're making progress, it's with students who require extra intervention and attention,
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This an unprecedented situation, and we have large numbers of kids who are displaced, public school students and private school students,
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We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.
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We don't want to write off this school year academically for these kids, and shouldn't, at least not yet.
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One of the things we know is that, frequently, it's a reading deficiency that is keeping kids from being able to do more rigorous coursework.
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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.
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She never seeks the limelight, ... She's just extremely devoted to the president.
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m working with the White House Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Response in order to find ways that we can help these children in any way we can. We will stick with these communities for as long as it takes to get them back on their feet.
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There are things in the Department of Education's budget and the federal government's general (budget) that the president has called for either trimming or eliminating, (and) those things I'm sure will be on the table as we negotiate with
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It does show us that we're going to need to accelerate our progress at all grade levels and with all kids if we're to meet our goal