But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities. Always stand proud in who you are! — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
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… — Margaret Spellings Copy Share Image
