Text Version of Margaret Spelling Describing Her Excitement for Businesses’ Involvement

Businesses have been the most vocal champions for school reform and they have been a key part of pushing this sort of reform. They know that their bottom line is directly affected by the kind of human capital that is developed in this country. And we’re going to continue to export jobs if we don’t develop our young Americans. And that’s why it is so urgent and why I’m so thrilled that the business community has seized the just absolutely obvious need to do this.