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.

The commission was charged with recommending a national strategy for reforming post-secondary education with a particular focus on how well colleges and universities were preparing students for the 21st-century workplace. 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. Bush.

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