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Ex-UNC president to move to Texas to advise policy nonprofit

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, file photo, Margaret Spellings, president of the North Carolina public university system, makes comments after being elected by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina’s public university board is holding an emergency session amid news reports that Spellings is leaving as president of the state’s 17-campus system. In a statement, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors said it would hold an emergency session Friday morning, Oct. 26, 2018, to “consider an executive personnel matter.” (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

The Latest: UNC president Spellings quits early, gets $500K

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, file photo, Margaret Spellings, president of the North Carolina public university system, makes comments after being elected by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina’s public university board is holding an emergency session amid news reports that Spellings is leaving as president of the state’s 17-campus system. In a statement, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors said it would hold an emergency session Friday morning, Oct. 26, 2018, to “consider an executive personnel matter.” (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

NC universities head Margaret Spellings quits amid turmoil

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 8, 2016 file photo, University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings responds during an interview in Chapel Hill, N.C. Harry Smith, the new chairman of the board that governs North Carolina's public universities has asked members to unite behind the system's embattled president. Smith urged members Friday, July 27, 2018, to set aside political differences and support Spellings amid ongoing disagreements among system leadership. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Board chairman urges support for UNC system president

By ALEX DEROSIER - Associated Press

FILE - In a Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, police surround a Confederate monument during a protest to remove the statue at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Fearing violence or vandalism at a campus rally against a Confederate statue, two top University of North Carolina leaders, Margaret Spellings, the president of the UNC system and Carol Folt, chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, privately lamented their dilemma and appeared envious of another university that abruptly took down similar monuments, newly released emails show. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Emails: UNC leaders lamented options for Confederate statue

By JONATHAN DREW and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Spellings’s UNC plan: Hold tuition, comb data for efficiency

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

UNC president: Job candidates say no, citing bathroom law

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

Obama proposes ‘Plan B’ for education reform

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Thomas J. Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber pushes GOP-backed reforms for nation’s schools

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, here in 2008, says a loss of bipartisan cooperation is hampering current education reform efforts.

Spellings: Politics, lack of knowledge hurt school reform

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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