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.
Federal
What 3 Former Education Secretaries Think of Their Old Department's Future
Though President Donald Trump’s first-term proposal to end the agency didn't materialize, he renewed the campaign promise last year.
Federal
Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to Lead N.C. University System
As president, Spellings will oversee 17 campuses in the system. She currently works as the head of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
Federal
News in Brief
Spellings to Head Bush Foundation
Margaret Spellings, who served as U.S. secretary of education under President George W. Bush, has been hired as the president of the foundation named after her former boss.
Federal
Spellings, Alexander Debate Future of No Child Left Behind Act
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings were both big NCLB fans back in 2001, but times have changed.
Federal
Former Ed. Secretary Margaret Spellings Is Romney Adviser
The key architect of the No Child Left Behind Act is among the team of advisers working on Gov. Romney's education policy proposals.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
Maintaining the Federal Role in Accountability
The federal government should play a discrete and powerful role in education accountability, writes Margaret Spellings.
School & District Management
News in Brief
Bush Education Secretary Takes Key Role in Chamber of Commerce
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a major force behind the stepped-up federal accountability in No Child Left Behind, has tapped former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to serve as the new head of its education programs.
Federal
Spellings Steps in as Head of Chamber's Ed. Programs
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which was a major force behind the stepped up federal accountability in the No Child Left Behind law, has tapped former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to serve as the new head of its education programs.
Education
Former Secretary Spellings to National Chamber Foundation
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has taken on a new gig, as the executive vice-president of the National Chamber Foundation, a non-profit arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Suggestion for Margaret Spellings: Replicate NCLB for Corporations
To the Editor:
I noted with interest, in your article "Spellings' Worldview: There's No Going Back on K-12 Accountability" (Dec. 10, 2008), that outgoing U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was not sure, after all of her "success" with the No Child Left Behind Act, about her future plans. I have a suggestion: Ms. Spellings should work to transfer the federal law's "brilliance" to the business and corporate world, which is in desperate need of improvement.
I noted with interest, in your article "Spellings' Worldview: There's No Going Back on K-12 Accountability" (Dec. 10, 2008), that outgoing U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was not sure, after all of her "success" with the No Child Left Behind Act, about her future plans. I have a suggestion: Ms. Spellings should work to transfer the federal law's "brilliance" to the business and corporate world, which is in desperate need of improvement.
Federal
Spellings' Advice to Duncan: Keep NCLB's Accountability
In The Washington Post today, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings tells her prospective successor to keep NCLB. If you've heard her speak in the past two years, you wouldn't learn anything new. Test scores are up, she writes, especially among poor and minority children. The backlash against NCLB's accountability rules, she writes, "speak[s] to the harsh truths it reveals."
Education
Spellings Makes Policy Moves on NCLB Anniversary
In addition to President George W. Bush's speech and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' "Great Expectations" document, the Bush administration has released a series of policy announcements on the 7th anniversary of NCLB.
