Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92 NYT | Top Stories By: Robert D. McFadden 10 December 2025 at 13:28 He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind. © Brooks Kraft/Corbis, via Getty ImagesRod Paige, the education secretary, in Nashville in 2004.
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