[Diva Betsy Ross]

"children must reach high standards, which conflicts with the spelling bee."

Only a professional educator with a degree in education would be able to understand this.

[ladylib]

I think what she is saying is that there is no time for spelling bees in today's public schools because that time has to be used to teach kids how to take their high-stakes tests so educrats such as herself and her cronies don't lose their job and the school doesn't close down.