79 Quotes by Margaret Spellings

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.

I think it’d be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they’ve been more pioneers on the special education side.

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they’re seeking.

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 sophisticated approach.

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.

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.