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Rod Paige, First Black Education Secretary, Dies at 92
Episode 2160
Published 11 months ago
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Rod Paige, the nation’s first Black secretary of education and a driving force behind the No Child Left Behind Act, has died at 92. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Paige helped shape one of the most consequential — and controversial — federal education laws in modern history.
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