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Margaret Spellings

Former U.S. secretary of education

Margaret Spellings served as the U.S. secretary of education under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009. She is now the president of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

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Public Education

Don't ignore gains under No Child Left Behind

By Margaret Spellings, Feb. 26, 2015

Yes, the 13-year-old law needs an update. But now is not the time to re-litigate a decade’s worth of real progress.