yesterday at an event -- former secretary margaret spelling said her assessment of the waiver application led her to conclude that they would lead -- that they would hold the growth of charter schools and other, quote, choice options. i'm wondering if you think that is a fair assessment. >> deal with starter growth in new york. >> i can't speak for the rest of the states but certainly in new york. we maintain the choice component of nclb in our waiver. what has driven the access to additional charter advocacies is the raising of the cap that was part of how we won race to the top. the biggest challenge to the growth of high performing charters a capacity challenge. we are being very selective about which charters will give them only given to organizations that demonstrate capacity at a very high level land larger providers on common schools with achievement first, many of them are stretched with the schools they have and trying to figure out how to build capacity to grow. the challenge in new york is a statutory challenge and a regulatory challenge and a capacity challenge to continue to

they're just getting started live here on cspan. >> former secretary margaret spellings and all governors are encouraged to attend and it will be in this room. saturday's business agenda begins with the concurrent meetings of the economic development commerce committee and the health and human services committee. we will then have a governor's- only luncheon business session followed by the meetings of the natural resources committee and the special committee on all my security and public safety. sunday morning, we will begin with the governors-only breakfast and business session and the annual meeting will conclude on sunday with a session about growing the next big idea. steven leblanc will join us for that session i know we're looking forward to all of these. let me start today by saying that we're very honored to be joined by several distinguished guests from the canadian parliament and a delegation of arab ambassadors. would you please stand so we can recognize you? [applause] thank you for being here. now like a motion for the adoption of the roles of the procedure for this meeting

margaret spelling's served as the secretary of education. she served as the domestic policy adviser for president bush. she led the implementation of the no child left behind act. margaret is now the president of a company, which is a strategic adviser to the u.s. chamber of commerce and president of the chamber's forum for policy innovation. this reauthorization of esea is of crucial importance and we are going to have a role in this. here we have two leaders of the last decade and education. secretary spelling, who worked for a conservative republican, secretary dalton, who has worked for a moderate or liberal democrat, but it is fair to say but they have both focused their sights on is dramatically increasing the standards by which we hold the expectations and the standards by which we hold student achievement to and creating a level of accountability. i think the version of the reauthorization of the bill -- there is a house and senate version -- they are not far apart, and if we got our legislators, we can play an active role in making

yesterday at an event at the institute former secretary margaret spellings set her assessment of the era labor applications led her to conclude that they would lead to -- they would halt the growth of the charter schools and other trace options. i'm wondering if you think that is a fair assessment. >> new deal with them across new york. i can't speak for the rest of the states but new york that is certainly not the case. we maintain the choice component even in our waiver. but really what is driven in the access to additional charter has been the raising of the cash that has been a part of how we want to race to the top. the biggest challenge to the growth of the high performing charter is a capacity challenge. we actually are being very selective about which charters will give and we only give them to organizations that can demonstrate the capacity to perform at a high level with the largest providers in the schools that kept achievement first many of them are stretched with the number of schools they're trying to figure out the capacity to grow to the challenges last at least in ne

around the country met with education secretary arne duncan and former education secretary margaret spellingsfor high-quality education programs in disadvantaged areas. ms. spelling spoke about closing the achievement gap and where education standards fall short for minorities. they're just over an hour and a half. >> thank you very much for being here. i would like to call the meeting of the national governors association education work force committee to order, and i want to thank all of you for joining us. i am bill haslam, the governor of tennessee and the vice chair of the education committee. our co-chair is unable to join us but governor hickenlooper is with us and governor, thank you very much. we've been cheering of you and praying for you and thinking of you through thewide fires so thank you very much for being here. a little bit of housekeeping before we start. all these meetings are open to the press and all meeting attendees, please silence your cell phones. all the governors have briefing books. to my right is the staff director for the education work force committee. i think w

yesterday the florida institute, former secretary margaret spelling said her assessment of the labor applications led her to conclude that they would lead to -- that they would halt the growth of charter schools and other "and "toys options. >> charter across new york. >> i can't speak for the rest of the state. that is not the case. we maintained a choice component . really what is driven in excess to additional charter opportunities has been there raising that was up part of how we one race to the top. the biggest challenge that was growth and high performing is a capacity challenge. we actually are being very selective about which charter would give to organizations that can demonstrate the capacity to perform a very high level and some other larger providers in schools where i was to my kids to much even first, many of them are stretched, but the number of schools that they have attracted figure out how they build capacity for growth. the challenge, at least any more, statutory challenged and more regulatory challenge. it's more a capacity challenge. is there a talent to continue

yesterday, we had secretary arnie duncan, as well as a former secretary, margaret spellings here, for a great almost couple hour conversation with governors, and it's high on the agenda because it needs to be. we're the only -- the only way we can have a strong economy going forward is with great schools, and i'm more excited about what's going on in public education in my state today than i have ever been, and i'm a graduate of the public schools in my state. and i'm excited about it for a number of reasons. i mean, first of all, one of the things that we're saying in my -- seeing in my state is a lot of cooperation amongst teachers, principals, parents, superintendents, the business community, other school-based personnel, folks in government, to really focus on student achievement which is what it has to be all about. the other thing is we have better data than we've ever had before about how our students are doing. there's not a single business in the world that can be successful without having a really clear sense of how the business is doing and in education for the most part th

yesterday, we had secretary arnie duncan, as well as a former secretary, margaret spellings here, for a great almost couple hour conversation with governors, and it's high on the agenda because it needs to be. we're the only the only way we can have a strong economy going forward is with great schools, and i'm more excited about what's going on in public education in my state today than i have ever been, and i'm a graduate of the public schools in my state. and i'm excited about it for a number of reasons. i mean, first of all, one of the things that we're saying in my seeing in my state is a lot of cooperation amongst teachers, principals, parents, superintendents, the business community, other schoolbased personnel, folks in government, to really focus on student achievement which is what it has to be all about. the other thing is we have better data than we've ever had before about how our students are doing. there's not a single business in the world that can be successful without having a really clear sense of how the business is doing and in education for the most part that good

yesterday at the fordham institute secretary margaret spelling said her assessments of the waiver applications led her to conclude that they would lead to -- that they would halt the growth of charter schools and other, quote/unquote charter options. i'm wondering if you think that's a fair assessment. >> i can't speak for the rest of the states, but certainly in new york that is not the case. we maintain the choice component of ntlb even in our waiver. but really what's driven the access to additional charter opportunities has been the raising of the cap that was a part of how we won race to the top. the biggest challenge to the growth of high-performing charters is a capacity challenge. we actually are being very selective about which charters we'll give and give them to organizations that can demonstrate the capacity to perform at a very high level. and some of the larger providers in common schools where i was kept achievement first. many of them are stretched with the number of schools that they have and are trying to figure out how they build capacity to grow. so the challenge is less, a