Margaret Spellings Quotes

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• I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking. All
• And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children. America
• What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before. Demanding
• 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… Accountable
• It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college. College
• 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… Approach
• My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side. Been
• Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry. Adequately
• 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,… Achievement
• 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… American
• 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… Actual
• 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… Achievement
• I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators. Achievement
• The long and short of it is, we need more rigor in all kinds of programs. All
• Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability. Accountability
• 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 what… Going Right
• For too long, actually, we have either said you're this or that. Either Said
• I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution. Culture
• 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… Able
• 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… Civic

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