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Margaret Spellings is President Bush's current Secretary of the Department of Education. She is also one of the authors of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Fast Facts:
- Birth Name: Margaret Dudar
- Born November 30, 1957, in Michigan
- Party: Republican
- Assumed Office: January 20, 2005
- Preceded by: Rod Paige
- Alma Mater: University of Houston
- First mother of school-aged children to serve as Education Secretary
- Spouse: Robert Spellings
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Positions Held
- Associate Executive Director, Texas Association of School Boards
- Political Director/Senior Advisor, Bush's gubernatorial campaign
- Secretary of Education
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PBS Controversy
During January of 2005, Spellings sent a letter to PBS that criticized an episode of Postcards From Buster that had aired. She believed that government funds should not have been used to create an episode of the show that depicted "Buster the Bunny" interacting with a child from a same sex relationship. However, it was never mentioned during the show that the couple was gay.Spellings was later attacked by Barney Frank, who felt her comments were defamatory. Subsequently, the episode of the show was never made available for distribution. In addition, Pat Mitchell, the chairman of PBS, stepped down.
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Margaret Spellings on Amazon
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Margaret Spellings Questions
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What is the one word you constantly spell wrong even though you know the correct spelling? 10 AnswersI try to throw an "a" into definitely every time, as in "definately" despite knowing it's wrong. read more
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Margaret Spellings Timeline
- November 30, 1957: Born Margaret Duda in Michigan
- 1994: Political director for George W. Bush's first gubernatorial campaign
- 1995-2000: Senior adviser to George W. Bush during his term as Governor of Texas
- November 17, 2004: Nominated to the post of the Secretary of Education by George W. Bush
- January 20, 2005: Confirmed by Senate and sworn in as Secretary of Education
- September, 2005: Formed the Commission on the Future of Higher Education
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Reading Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead for a class. She culture confused me by using Brit spellings. (She was USian, I checked.)
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Listen to Margaret Spellings interview with KERA 90.1's... http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=204447331003&id=153716738662
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Success last night with inaugural Luminary Awards honoring Terry Flowers, Tincy Miller and Margaret Spellings. http://bit.ly/1ZLAkW
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Laura Bush was the presenter tonight for Dr. Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secrectary of Education.
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The 2009 honorees are Dr. Terry Flowers, The Hon. Geraldine Tincy Miller and The Hon. Margaret Spellings.
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