21 Facts About Margaret Spellings

Margaret M LaMontagne Spellings is an American government and non-profit executive who has been serving as President and CEO of Texas 2036 since 2019.

Margaret Spellings previously served as the eighth United States secretary of education from 2005 to 2009.

Margaret Spellings was one of the principal proponents of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act that aimed at reforming primary and secondary education.

Margaret Spellings served as education secretary for the entire second term of Bush's administration, during which time she convened the Commission on the Future of Higher Education to recommend reform at the post-secondary level.

Margaret Spellings earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Houston in 1979 and worked in an education reform commission under Texas Governor William P Clements and as associate executive director for the Texas Association of School Boards.

On January 21,2005, one day after being confirmed as Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings wrote a letter to the Public Broadcasting Service warning the network not to air an episode of the children's program Postcards from Buster.

On May 10,2007, Margaret Spellings testified before the House Education and Labor Committee responding to criticism from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that the Education Department had been "asleep at the switch" in overseeing student loan programs, allowing corruption and conflicts of interest to spread.

Margaret Spellings has further gone on record to say that she is disregarding the suggestion by the Inspector General to hold the loan companies accountable for their graft.

In September 2005, Margaret Spellings announced the formation of the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, which has been referred to as the Margaret Spellings Commission.

Margaret Spellings is currently co-chair of the Future of Tech Commission alongside Jim Steyer of Common Sense Media, an organization that focuses on technology and privacy policy.

On October 23,2015, Margaret Spellings was elected as the president of the University of North Carolina system by the board of governors, effective March 1,2016.

Margaret Spellings succeeded Thomas W Ross, who was fired by the Board of Governors in a controversial move that some believed was motivated by politics.

Margaret Spellings is the second woman to serve as president of the University of North Carolina.

Controversy surrounding Margaret Spellings comes on the back of controversy surrounding the unexplained firing of her predecessor, which some have accused of being politically motivated, though this has been denied by Fennebresque.

Margaret Spellings said the next day that her instructions to comply did not imply her endorsement of the law.

In October 2018, Margaret Spellings announced that she was resigning, effective March 1,2019.

Margaret Spellings was the first sitting Cabinet member to appear as a contestant on the show.

Margaret Spellings came in second with a score of $11,100, losing to actor Michael McKean's $38,800.

Margaret Spellings was the only active member of the Bush Administration to appear on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, as of her appearance on May 22,2007.

Margaret Spellings appeared on The Colbert Report on July 22,2008.

Margaret Spellings appeared over the phone on NPR's News Quiz Wait Wait.