Margaret Spellings

...unvarnished terms. Speaking to a crowd filled with luminaries from the ed policy world -- including then-Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and the man who would soon fill her shoes, Arne Duncan -- Phillips said that many teachers...

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...the last few decades. The ones I have known best include, in alphabetical order: Bill Bennett, Rod Paige, Dick Riley and Margaret Spellings--all fine people who care about kids and understand the issues. But I wish all of them had not...

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...him the most fans and the most enemies. It took no prisoners and pulled no punches. In 2006, after then-Education Secretary Margaret Spellings compared the No Child Left Behind education reform law to Ivory Soap, saying it was "99.9% pure -...

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...the loss of Ted Kennedy, which is not to disparage anyone. But he was hugely influential and productive. He was a giant," said Margaret Spellings, Bush's education secretary. She recalled how the Massachusetts senator Kennedy helped Bush win...

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...the most important issue as think Iraq and Afghanistan is: As it happens, former Bush administration Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is, like David Petraeus, an example of a Bush administration official who you can find Democrats...

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...including Brian Gunderson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. * : Time reflects local markets trading time. † - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for...

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..."School Choice Now" and "Save Our Scholarship." "We're still here, and we're not going away!" said former education secretary Margaret Spellings, who spoke in front of the crowd along with House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio),...

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...'We're going to put kids first,' but when it comes time to walk the walk, they aren't doing it," former Bush Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said today. Do you have more information about this topic? If so, please click here to contact...

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...AM Invited and/or Confirmed Guests Include Sen. Joseph Lieberman, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, Councilman Marion Barry WASHINGTON - In an effort to protect and strengthen education...

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...up some of the old Texas gang, including Gonzales, former White House political adviser Karl Rove, then-Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and former White House adviser and undersecretary of state Karen Hughes for a day touring...

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