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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I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.
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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.
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I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.
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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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I shouldn't be talking about the details that I'm in negotiations with the White House and the Hill on, ... As soon as I can talk about it, I want to talk about it.
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And what we do today will probably be not what we're going to do in three years from now.
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The thing about Harriet is, it wasn't about Harriet, ... To her, it was a matter of moving the grist through the mill. . . . She was a manager of the process.
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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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There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection.
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We have some pioneers, some leaders around the country, in Massachusetts and Kansas to name a couple, that are doing some of the best work.
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We must not penalize any school of any kind for its commitment to these students,
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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
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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.