79 Quotes by Margaret Spellings

There are things in the Department of Education's budget and the federal government's general (budget) that the president has called for either trimming or eliminating, (and) those things I'm sure will be on the table as we negotiate with

She doesn't want to be in the paper, ... She's all about the president. Will people think she is important and in the know for her next gig? I can tell you she is and she is.

She never seeks the limelight, ... She's just extremely devoted to the president.

One of the things we know is that, frequently, it's a reading deficiency that is keeping kids from being able to do more rigorous coursework.

m working with the White House Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Response in order to find ways that we can help these children in any way we can. We will stick with these communities for as long as it takes to get them back on their feet.

For too long, actually, we have either said you're this or that.

We're open to new ideas, but we're not taking our eye off the ball,

We're on the way to keeping that promise.

We make small fixes with programs to emphasize key areas, but we don't think strategically about the bigger picture, ... We can't afford to leave the future of our nation's higher education community to chance.