For too long, actually, we have either said you're this or that. — 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
I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
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
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
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
I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities. Always stand proud in who you are! — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
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
Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. — Margaret Spellings Copy Share
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
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
