Margaret Spellings

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Margaret Spellings, Eighth U.S. Education Secretary: Biography and Achievements
Background and highlights of Margaret Spellings's tenure as the eighth U.S. Secretary of Education.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will have her official portrait hang at the Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building alongside paintings of all seven past education secretaries.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will have her official portrait hang at the Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building alongside paintings of all seven past education secretaries.
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Federal Federal File Portraits of Power: Spellings to Join a Historic Gallery
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has at least one item left on her to-do list: Attend the unveiling of her official portrait at the Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building.
Alyson Klein, December 1, 2008
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Federal Federal File Spellings Promotes World Education
As Washington was bracing for Election Day, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings traveled to Oman and the United Arab Emirates to talk about the importance of ensuring that all the world’s students have access to a high-quality education.
Alyson Klein, November 10, 2008
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Education Tune in to Hear Spellings Announce New NCLB Rules
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will announce the new NCLB rules at noon tomorrow in Columbia, S.C. You won't have to be there to hear what she has to say.
October 27, 2008
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Federal Federal File Spellings Highlights Performance Pay
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, known for her laser-like focus on the issues of student assessment and school accountability, turned her attention to performance pay at an Oct. 8 forum.
Stephen Sawchuk, October 13, 2008
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Federal Video: Margaret Spellings
Education Week reporter Alyson Klein spoke to the U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings about why she supports Sen. John McCain.
Education Week Staff, September 3, 2008
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Reading & Literacy Spellings: Could 'Reading First' Make Her a Millionaire?
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings loves Reading First. She says educators do, too. Here's what she told Greg Toppo of USA Today:
July 3, 2008
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Education Spellings Picks Six States for Differentiated Accountability
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced that six states won her approval to participate in the differentiated accountability pilot project. The lucky states are Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Ohio. Here's the department's press release.
July 1, 2008
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Teaching Profession Federal File First Lady, Spellings Try Their Hands in the Classroom
First lady Laura Bush and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings visited a class of 1st grade students at in Washington as part of a week recognizing the Teach For America program.
Mary C. Breaden, April 22, 2008
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Education Spellings' Next Move: Graduation Rates
First growth models, then differentiated accountability. It appears as if Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' next target is graduation rates.
March 31, 2008
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Education Spellings Creates Pilot Project to Differentiate Consequences
Ten states will get the opportunity to restructure their intervention in schools that aren't making AYP under the "differentiated accountability" proposal Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced this morning in St. Paul, Minn.
March 18, 2008
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Education Spellings Looks for Ways to Differentiate Consequences
At the Council of the Great City Schools meeting in Washington this morning, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, right, said she plans to "make this law work as well as possible."
March 17, 2008
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Education Spellings Uncertain NCLB Will Pass in '08
NCLB's prospects for 2008 appear to be fading. Even Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has her doubts the law will be reauthorized this year.
March 4, 2008
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Education 'Persistently Dangerous' Label Doesn't Work, Spellings Says
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings might be best known for her assertion that NCLB is 99.9 percent pure. (That, and her collection of eyeglasses.) She later backtracked, saying she meant the goals and structure of the law are close to perfect, even if some of its details need fixing.
February 27, 2008
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Education Commenters Criticize Spellings After Homecoming
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, at right, is barnstorming states trying to improve NCLB's image. The press coverage of her stops so far has been rather favorable, leaving out some of the voices of the law's most strident critics. See, for example, this story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
February 13, 2008
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