'Old schoolmarm' now facing a new test
MySA.com: Metro | State: "By her own description, Shirley Neeley is a fast-talking, Harley-riding, cattle-branding, no-excuses Texan.
The first woman to hold the post of state education commissioner, Neeley's not afraid to speak her mind, even if her opinion is controversial.
But when it comes to her very public, ongoing disagreement with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, a self-described 'salty' Texas woman, Neeley says the issue has been overblown.
'The media has had some fun trying to make this a catfight between two Texas women,' she said. 'It's never been a catfight. The secretary and this commissioner respectfully disagree.'
It may not be an out-and-out fight, but the two are certainly locked in a battle of wills over how special education students' academic progress should be measured."
The first woman to hold the post of state education commissioner, Neeley's not afraid to speak her mind, even if her opinion is controversial.
But when it comes to her very public, ongoing disagreement with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, a self-described 'salty' Texas woman, Neeley says the issue has been overblown.
'The media has had some fun trying to make this a catfight between two Texas women,' she said. 'It's never been a catfight. The secretary and this commissioner respectfully disagree.'
It may not be an out-and-out fight, but the two are certainly locked in a battle of wills over how special education students' academic progress should be measured."
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