Talks leave Margaret Spellings behind
Margaret Spellings, an architect of the No Child Left Behind Act during the Bush administration, is now pushing for the landmark education law’s renewal on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Rather than retreating from some of the law’s more controversial provisions, Spellings and the Chamber want to strengthen them. All schools, not just the lowest-performing, should meet tough federal standards, she said, and receive sanctions if they fail to measure up.
Continue ReadingSpellings’s efforts put the Chamber in an unusual position for a group that prides itself on crusading for a less-instrusive
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