Margaret Spellings Quotes

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.

Margaret Spellings

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• 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.

  

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