Spellings Slams Waivers, Race to the Top
Tampa, Fla.
More than a decade ago, Margaret Spellings was a driving force in getting the overwhelmingly bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act over the finish line. But in an interview, she told me she wants to see the civil rights and business coalition that came together to pass the law "power up as we did before. ... I think we have to revive it," she said.
"We need to get the genie back in the bottle," she added on the last day of the Republican National Convention, referring to a strong accountability system.
Spellings, who served as President George W. Bush's domestic policy adviser and then
More than a decade ago, Margaret Spellings was a driving force in getting the overwhelmingly bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act over the finish line. But in an interview, she told me she wants to see the civil rights and business coalition that came together to pass the law "power up as we did before. ... I think we have to revive it," she said.
"We need to get the genie back in the bottle," she added on the last day of the Republican National Convention, referring to a strong accountability system.
Spellings, who served as President George W. Bush's domestic policy adviser and then