Rod paige, who was president george w Bush’s first secretary of education but who left amid a series of controversies that included attacks on foes of the no child left behind law, died in. Rod paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark “no child left behind” policy as the first african american to serve as u.s Bush, who tapped paige for the nation’s top federal education post, announced the death in a statement but did not provide further details Education secretary rod paige, who helped launch the no child left behind act in 2002, died tuesday morning, according to his family 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
Rod paige, who made history in 2001 as the nation’s first black education secretary, spent decades working in public education.
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