Speaking at lunch today, Secretary Spellings stated that it would be fine with her if NCLB were renamed the “Motherhood And Apple Pie” program. MAAP. Not bad.

What was bad, however, was her verbal embrace of the appalling Al Sharpton (along with Joel Klein, Roy Romer, Andy Rotherham, and sundry worthies), co-chair (with Klein) of the recently-announced “Education Equality Project”.

More on Sharpton here and here.