Margaret Spellings
Summary
Margaret Spellings (born November 30, 1957) was the Secretary of Education under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush and was previously Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.She was one of the principal proponents of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act that aimed at reforming primary and secondary education. In 2005, she convened a Commission on the Future of Higher Education to recommend reform at the post-secondary level. Since leaving this role, Spellings has founded Margaret Spellings & Company, an education consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and is a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group.Margaret Spellings, born Margaret Dudar on November 30, 1957 in Michigan, moved with her family to Houston when she was in the third grade.
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Why CBS pulled the trigger too soon on the Bush National Guard story
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AP: No opinion or speculation from anonymous sources
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For the Texas Tribune, “events are journalism” — and money makers
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Sarah Palin 'Not Afraid' Of Jon Stewart, Says Aide
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