Margaret Spellings
Margaret Spellings
Margaret M. LaMontagne Spellings, née Dudar, is an education administrator and American politician. Spellings is currently the University of North Carolina System President, having taken office on March 1, 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth20 November 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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accelerate goal grade kids levels meet progress
It does show us that we're going to need to accelerate our progress at all grade levels and with all kids if we're to meet our goal
federal government investment percent
The federal government is doing something it has never done before, ... Our 9 percent investment is going to 90 percent. That's my big news.
absence data difficult examine higher investment maximize policy sound state time
The absence of good, sound data makes it difficult to set policy at the federal, state and institutional levels, ... It's time to examine how we can maximize our investment in higher education.
among assess best department gather measure million practices states
That's why the Department has pledged $14 million to gather the best practices among the states and to better assess and better measure these kids.
extra require students
It's significant while we're making progress, it's with students who require extra intervention and attention,
kids large numbers private public school students
This an unprecedented situation, and we have large numbers of kids who are displaced, public school students and private school students,
card numbers report schedule soccer week
Take a look at your kids' after-school schedule this week ? the swimming, soccer and football, ... The numbers on your child's report card should be as important as the numbers on the scoreboard.
commitment school
We must not penalize any school of any kind for its commitment to these students,
integral
Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything.
kids school year
We don't want to write off this school year academically for these kids, and shouldn't, at least not yet.
higher people remain viable
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.
keeping
We're on the way to keeping that promise.
eye ideas open taking
We're open to new ideas, but we're not taking our eye off the ball,
afford bigger community education emphasize future higher key leave programs small
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.