John B. King
Read our coverage of the tenth U.S. Secretary of Education, who served from 2016 to 2017.
John B. King Jr., Tenth U.S. Education Secretary: Biography and Achievements
Background and highlights of John B. King Jr.'s tenure as the tenth U.S. Secretary of Education.
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Education Department Announces Grants to Reduce and Improve Tests
States seeking to develop new types of tests or look at the number and type of tests they offer can apply for $9 million in federal competitive grants.
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ESSA Can Help States Offer a Well-Rounded Education, John King Says
If schools want to prepare students for the jobs of the future, King plans to say, they'll need to move beyond just reading and math.
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Ed. Sec. John King: Supplement-Not-Supplant Must Focus on Equity
U.S. Secretary of Education John King isn't backing down on the department's stance on how a wonky spending provision should play out under ESSA.
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Sen. Alexander to John King: Rethink Your Draft ESSA Spending Rules, Or Else
In a testy Senate education committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., told Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. that he believed the U.S. Department of Education was not following the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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John B. King Jr. Urges Chiefs to Make ESSA a 'Shared Project' Focused on Equity
"This is a tremendous opportunity for us to think differently about how we define educational excellence," he said at the annual legislative conference of the Council of Chief State School Officers.
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Prospects for the Next President Keeping John B. King Jr. as Education Secretary
Before and even after the new U.S. Secretary of Education was confirmed last week, many people assumed that he would be sticking around just for the next 10 months or so.
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At ESSA Negotiated Rulemaking, Lots of Conversation But No Major Action
A team of negotiators kicked off regulations on "supplement-not-supplant" rules, and testing. But it's unclear from the conversation where the regulations will end up.
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Senate Confirms John B. King Jr. as Education Secretary
King had been serving as acting secretary after taking over for former Secretary Arne Duncan. The vote in the Senate was 49-40.
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John B. King, Jr. on His Childhood, ESSA, and More
Hear the acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr.'s speech from Education Week's Leaders To Learn From event on March 11, 2016.
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Start Thinking Now About ESSA Implementation, Acting Ed. Secretary Says
Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. is urging district leaders to start preparing for how to gauge school performance under ESSA.
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Senators: ESSA Block Grant Shorted in Obama Budget
Sen. Alexander pointed out that the block grant was essentially a compromise;many senators wanted to keep those eliminated programs around, or had hoped to create new ones. He doesn't understand then why the president's budget asks for money for new K-12 programs, while not seeking to fund the block grant sufficiently.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Senate Education Committee Votes to Advance Education Secretary Nominee
Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. is one step closer to being a full-fledged cabinet official with Wednesday's 16-6 vote by the Senate education committee.
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John King to Push Career and Technical Education Renewal, Unveil Tech Challenge
John B. King Jr., the Education Department's top official, urges federal lawmakers to reauthorize the big career-tech-ed law, but few are optimistic that Congress will get it done any time soon.
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Civil Rights Groups to King: Don't Forget to Protect Disadvantaged Kids in ESSA
This may be the organizations' way of providing a kind of counterweight to another letter, from governors, state boards of education, teachers' unions and more calling for flexibility to be at the center of ESSA regulation.