Margaret Spellings - We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states

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.

- Margaret Spellings

source: "The Education Week Interview: Margaret Spellings". Interview with Lynn Olson, Erik W. Robelen, www.edweek.org. February 9, 2005.