U.S. education chief endorses Henderson in D.C.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday that he hopes interim D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson stays in the position "for the long haul," endorsing her strongly while Mayor Vincent C. Gray deliberates on his permanent choice for a new schools leader.
Duncan's praise of Henderson, in an interview with The Washington Post, injected the Obama administration into one of the new mayor's most critical appointments.
"I think Kaya's the right leader," Duncan said. "And I hope she sticks with it for the next 10 years."
In October, Gray (D) and then-mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) chose Henderson to fill in at
