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Linda Darling-Hammond Says She Does Not Want to Be Secretary of Education | Diane Ravitch's blog

Linda Darling-Hammond Says She Does Not Want to Be Secretary of Education | Diane Ravitch's blog
Linda Darling-Hammond Says She Does Not Want to Be Secretary of Education


Linda Darling-Hammond declared that she does not want to be Biden’s Secretary of Education. She prefers to stay in California, where she is president of the State Board of Education and leads the Learning Policy Institute.

In 2008, she was Obama’s education spokesman during the campaign, and it was widely anticipated that she would be selected as Secretary of Education. But “reformers” (DFER) launched a campaign to torpedo her nomination and pushed for one-off their own: Arne Duncan. Editorials appeared miraculously in major newspapers denouncing her. And we got stuck with RTTT.

Linda Darling-Hammond Says She Does Not Want to Be Secretary of Education | Diane Ravitch's blog

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