Secretary+of+Education

First review what your textbook has to say about the Department of Education:


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Hear what the Secretary did during his first year:
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Duncan earned Academic All-American honors in basketball at Harvard. His private sector is among the more unusual of any cabinet member’s, and more competitive. Duncan played professional basketball: “From 1987 to 1991, Duncan played professional basketball in Australia with the Eastside Spectres of the [Australian] National Basketball League, and while there, worked with children who were wards of the state. He also played with the Rhode Island Gulls and tried out for the New Jersey Jammers.” Since leaving basketball he’s worked in education, about four years in a private company aiming to improve education. He was then appointed as in 2001 as Superintendent of Chicago City Schools until 2008 when Barrack Obama choose him as his Secretary of Education. **Questions: ** media type="custom" key="9017296"
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