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 Read Quote
Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It’s integral to the implementation of everything. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
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, just as the Congress does; and that we’re practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they’re talking about. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they’ve been more pioneers on the special education side. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
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 reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
Again, the truth of the matter is we haven’t paid that much attention to high school accountability. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
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 as is required in the statute. Margaret Spellings Read Quote
