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CNN’s Short List: Who will be Obama's education secretary?

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CNN’s Short List: Who will be Obama's education secretary?

Postby admin » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:22 am

CNN’s Short List: Who will be Obama's education secretary?
« Thread Started on Nov 21, 2008, 4:33pm »

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CNN’s Short List: Who will be Obama's education secretary?
Posted: 01:00 PM ET

Soon after his historic White House win, President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, attended at parent-teacher conference at their daughters' school in Chicago.
(CNN) – While a candidate, Barack Obama frequently said on the campaign trail that the federal No Child Left Behind law left the money behind. One of Obama’s first educational decisions as President-elect will be his education secretary.

Here’s CNN’s list of possible contenders to head the new administration’s Department of Education:

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND: This professor of education at Stanford University was also an education policy adviser to Obama’s presidential campaign.

JOEL KLEIN: Klein, a veteran of former President Clinton’s Justice Department and White House Counsel’s Office, is currently the Chancellor of New York City’s public school system.

TOM KEAN: This Republican former governor of New Jersey was also the president of Drew University for 15 years and a member of the federal commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

ARNE DUNCAN: Duncan has local ties to Obama; he’s the CEO of the public school system in Chicago, where Obama’s political career began.

Click here for additional CNN short lists for Obama’s potential cabinet.


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