Margaret Spellings
Read our coverage of the eighth U.S. Secretary of Education, who served from 2005 to 2009
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.
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.
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.
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.
Education
Spellings to Appeal NCLB Ruling
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is going to appeal a federal court decision that revived a lawsuit claiming that NCLB is an unfunded mandate. Read all about it at The School Law Blog.
Reading & Literacy
Spellings Tries to Rescue 'Reading First'
Maybe the hidden budget data are right.
Education
Spellings Has More to Say on 6th Circuit's NCLB Ruling
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings issued a letter to state schools chiefs today to voice a more detailed disagreement with last week's federal appeals court ruling on the unfunded-mandates provision of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Education
Spellings to Schools: Comply With NCLB While Courts Debate Mandates
Even though a federal appeals court believes NCLB is an unfunded mandate, state and local officials should spend their money to comply with the law, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings says.
Education
Spellings Appears Ready to Defend NCLB for Long Haul
I'm a little late to blog about Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' agenda-setting speech yesterday. (I was too busy writing a story about it and the rest of the events marking NCLB's 6th anniversary.)
Education
Spellings Starts NCLB '08 Tour
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings traveled to Florida yesterday to celebrate NCLB's 6th anniversary. While there, she promised to be on the road shilling for the law throughout 2008.
Federal
Spellings Seeks to Cast Her Glow Over NCLB
In her three years as U.S. secretary of education, Spellings has been the nation’s leading spokeswoman for the No Child Left Behind Act.
Federal
Margaret Spellings' Future: 'Staying Put'
If you read my colleague David Hoff's new piece about Margaret Spellings, you'll see that she seems to put to rest speculation , at least for the near future, that she may return to her home state of Texas to pursue a run for governor in 2010, or possibly the U.S. Senate.
Education
Spellings Looks to Change Rules on Graduation Rate
Former White House aide Karl Rove suggested in August that the administration would use executive power to change NCLB if Congress failed to reauthorize the law. As prospects for an NCLB bill dimmed last week, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said that she wants to standardize graduation rates across states.
Education
Gov. Margaret Spellings?
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings might be done influencing national education policy and the No Child Left Behind Act come January 2009, when President Bush leaves office. But that doesn't mean she'll be necessarily stepping out of the limelight, or leaving politics behind.
Federal
News in Brief
Spellings Announces Grants for Russian Ed. Partnerships
Three American universities will receive $575,000 to establish partnerships with Russian higher education institutions, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said last week in Moscow.