Governor Beverly Perdue has been a trailblazer in education -- she's an advocate for greater use of technology in classrooms. Before her political career, Governor Perdue worked with children, as a public school teacher Florida and Georgia. She began her political career in the North Carolina House of Representatives, before going on to serve as a state senator and then lieutenant governor. In 2008, she made history after being elected as North Carolina's first female governor.

Governor Jim Douglas has been in politics since the moment he graduated from college, having been elected to the Vermont House of Representatives at the age of 21 and becoming the House Majority Leader by the time he was 25. He went on to become Vermont’s Secretary of State, Treasurer, and eventually governor, serving four two-year terms from 2003-2011.

Secretary Margaret Spellings began her career in education in Texas with an education reform commission and has never looked back. Some highlights of her career include serving as President George W. Bush’s US Secretary of Education from 2005-2009 and as President of the University of North Carolina system. Today Secretary Spellings is President and CEO of Texas 2036, an organization focused on providing a stronger future for the State of Texas. We talk with her about her career and the state of education today.