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The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide. By Robert D. McFadden Rod Paige, ...
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. secretary of education, died Tuesday.
HOUSTON – Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirms the former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Education Secretary, Rod Paige, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Paige had a distinguished career in public ...
According to a statement from his family, Paige died Tuesday morning at his home with his wife Stephanie at his side. Paige, who made history in 2001 as the nation’s first Black education secretary, ...
Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education, university football coach and architect of the "Houston Miracle" as Houston ISD superintendent, has died at 92. As HISD's superintendent from 1994 to ...
After the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest. President Donald Trump loomed over the proceedings, receiving a peace award from ...
Two Fantasy 5 players in California won $160,563 each by splitting the $320,000 grand prize, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning numbers in the drawing Saturday, Nov. 29, the ...