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Arne Starkey Duncan [1] (born November 6, 1964) [2] is an American educator and former professional basketball player who served as United States Secretary of Education from 2009 to 2015 and as Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools from 2001 to 2008.
Upon the announcement of Duncan's stepping down, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Deputy Secretary of Education John King Jr. as the new Secretary of Education. [182] On March 14, 2016, King was approved to be Secretary of Education by the United States Senate after a 49–40 vote.
Arne Duncan, former President Obama’s Education secretary, said Wednesday that President-elect Trump’s campaign promise to close the Department of Education is “empty.” “Trump promising ...
The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, and the federal government, on policies, programs, and activities related to all education in the United States. As a member of the Cabinet of the United States, the secretary is sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency. [2] The current secretary ...
Obama’s former Education Secretary Arne Duncan pushed a radical idea on Twitter; parents should pull their children out of school until elected officials pass stricter gun control laws.
A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 10th United States Secretary of Education from January 1, 2016, to January 20, 2017, under President Barack Obama. [3] In April 2021, King announced that he would be running for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election , but came in sixth place in the primary ...
President Barack Obama’s education secretary, Arne Duncan, previously oversaw public schools in Chicago. Read more: Betsy DeVos says Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 were ‘line in the sand’ that ...
Robert C. Weaver became the first Black-American to serve in a president's cabinet when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. [4] Patricia Roberts Harris was the first black woman to serve in a presidential cabinet when she was named to the same position by President Jimmy Carter in ...