Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal

Guests:
Margaret Spellings, US Secretary of Education
Pundits:
Andy Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Michael Hackett, Alrus Consulting
Bill Bilyeu, Attorney


"That’s why it’s so important that we highlight individualized instruction, the kind of things that are happening here at Davidson (Academy for the Profoundly Gifted) where we customize instruction, whether you’re very very gifted or whether you need additional help and that’s what so profound and so important about the model that’s being tested here. "

- Margaret Spellings US Secretary of Education on the fact that performing at grade level is the minimum for students if we are to compete with the rest of the World.