But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results.

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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