The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide.
The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide.
Rod Paige, the education secretary, in 2004. He had embraced President George W. Bush’s top legislative priority, the No Child Left Behind Act, which aimed to close the educational gap between poor and rich children.
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