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Margaret Spellings and Company is a public policy and strategic consulting firm devoted to bringing expertise to our nation's most challenging issues. Led by former U.S. Secretary of Education and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Margaret Spellings, the firm's experts offer decades of experience developing public policy and message development on national, state, and local issues.

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News: March 4, 2010 - Roll Call
Congress, Obama Can Score a Big, Bipartisan Success: School Reform
Pronouncing herself "cautiously optimistic" is President George W. Bush's reformist Education secretary, Margaret Spellings. She told me that Obama should keep NCLB's 2014 goal of all-children-at-grade-level as a way station on the road to "college and career ready" by 2020. Read the Article >>

News: March 1, 2010 - Washington Post
Margaret Spellings defends 'No Child Left Behind'
The former secretary of education speaks with The Washington Post's Jo-Ann Armao and responds to current education secretary Arne Duncan's description of 'No Child Left Behind' as a 'toxic brand.' Read the Article >>

News: February 26, 2010 - Miller Center of Public Affairs
Education and the Economy
One area often cited as critical to the nation's future economic strength is higher education, particularly that America must dramatically increase the number of college-educated citizens to remain a leading economic power. Read the Article >>

News: February 15, 2010 - Washington Post
Republican group American Action hopes to mimic Democrats' success
The group's board of advisers is a who's who of Republican politics, including former Florida governor Jeb Bush, former senators Jim Talent (Mo.) and Mel Martinez (Fla.), former congressman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.), and former education secretary Margaret Spellings. Read the Article >>