Don't let anyone else take the measure of your worth and capabilities. Always stand proud in who you are!

- Margaret Spellings

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.

- Margaret Spellings

I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a criti…

- Margaret Spellings

Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated …

- Margaret Spellings

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 …

- Margaret Spellings

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.

- Margaret Spellings

If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got.

- Margaret Spellings

And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority c…

- Margaret Spellings

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.

- Margaret Spellings