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Obama’s Education Secretary Argues For The Importance of The Federal Role
Episode 290
Published 9 months ago
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With the Trump administration's general posture against the Department of Education, we speak with a former official about the DOE's value to local school districts.
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John B. King, Jr., chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), former U.S. Education Secretary under Pres. Obama, and the author of Teacher By Teacher: The People Who Change Our Lives (Legacy Lit, 2025), talks about his memoir and work at many levels of the education system and advocates for the work of the Education Department.