Friday, November 07, 2008

Obama's Possible Candidates for Education Secretary

By PAUL BASKEN

If history is any guide, Barack Obama will spend several weeks chugging through higher priorities on his presidential to-do list before choosing an education secretary.

 

And if he follows past trends, Mr. Obama is not likely to choose a secretary on the basis of higher-education policy. His nominee will be the ninth U.S. secretary of education, and nearly all of the previous eight were known more for their backgrounds at the elementary and secondary levels.

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http://chronicle.com/free/2008/11/6631n.htm

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