"I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators."

Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant

Change, Achievement

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"I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators."

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"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."

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"The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent."

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"When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed."

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"No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular."

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"The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform."

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"And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture."

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"It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."

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"Slowness to change usually means fear of the new."

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"In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven't seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute."

Measure

"We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about."

Achievement

"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."

Education

"My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side."

Education

"I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and knows how to impart knowledge to kids is a critical piece of closing the achievement gap."

Knowledge

"It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college."

College

"And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does."

Improvement

"And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children."

America

"I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution."

Culture

"Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability."

Truth