"We know that if we're going to remain……" — Margaret Spellings
"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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Margaret Spellings
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21 Quotes by Margaret Spellings
Margaret Spellings has 21 quotes on this site.
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I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.
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And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to…
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What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before.
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But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for…
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It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college.
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We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how…
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My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.
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Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained,…
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We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals…
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And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television,…
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In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year…
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I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter,…
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