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FILE - U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige speaks to reporters at the Education Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Terry Ashe, File) (Terry Ashe, Copyright 2025 ...
In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a ...
Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation's landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday. Former ...