Obama Unveils Picks for Key Ed. Dept. Jobs
Researcher from Chicago tapped for IES, as college leader gets No. 3 spot
The Obama administration last week announced two picks for major posts in the U.S. Department of Education .
John Q. Easton, the executive director of the Consortium on Chicago School Research, has been tapped to head the Institute of Education Sciences . And a community college administrator, Martha J. Kanter, has been named as President Barack Obama’s choice for the third-in-command position of undersecretary of education.
An Education Department official confirmed that Ms. Kanter, who has worked for more than 30 years in community colleges across the nation, will take on the higher education...
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