First lady Laura Bush, right, and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings talk to Columbus area teachers during a roundtable event at Thurber House Tuesday, May 2, 2006 in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Posted on 05/02/2006 2:35:54 PM PDT by gwb43_2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Five Columbus teachers asked first lady Laura Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday for more help in meeting federal standards.
Education leaders are meeting with teachers across the country this week to hear how the federal government can help them meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind law. This was the only event with Bush and Spellings.
The teachers said they like the idea of raising standards for students and holding teachers accountable. They also like to be able to compare their performance with nationwide data.
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First lady Laura Bush, right, and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings talk to Columbus area teachers during a roundtable event at Thurber House Tuesday, May 2, 2006 in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Wonder how much Laura Bush contributed to "No Child Left Behind?"
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Spellings is Education Secretary? Who's the Welfare Secretary, Elizabeth Dole? Labor Secretary Steve Jobs? Treasury Secretary Rosanne Cash? Defense Secretary Freddy Boom Boom Cannon?
LOL!
You know i found it funny that the previous education secretary was Rod Paige
My thoughts as well. GWB rather suddenly declared it a "good bill" ...when it wasn't.
Doesn't her appearances at these forums remind you of the "Hillary Care" road-show?
Yup. Although, I really think Laura is sincere. I have a lot of respect for her.
Some thread titles are too cute by half.
"They (would) also like to be able to compare their performance with nationwide data."
Data and information is what IT is all about! Hard to believe that they need the help of Laura Bush and Margret Spellings in order to compare their performance with nationwide data. This data should be a matter of public record.
Me too. Spellings and Paige--hehe.
I REALLY respect Laura Bush.
i think she is doing a great job .
belch... It will be a great day when Medical Socialism is finally defeated.
About the names actually--a one-liner. Spellings has done a decent job I think, better than Paige did.
The data is public record. The problem is that knowing that 10 schools in Kentucky did fabulously on Kentucky tests tells me nothing about how they compare to children in California who took California tests.
There is a push toward nationwide standards and curriculum for this very reason.
lol, I meant Education Socialism.
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