Margaret Spellings

There's lots of institutions and lots of different cultures, and so that's the kind of thing that parents need to be able to evaluate, and students themselves, when they make a selection.

Well, one of them is annual assessment in grades 3-8. It's integral to the implementation of everything.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.