Margaret Spellings Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.”

“Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.”

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

“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.”

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

“It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection.”