It’s now public that Linda Darling-Hammond is leading education transition for President-elect Joe Biden. The Washington Post reported today,
For the Education Department, the transition committee is being led by Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the California State Board of Education, several people said. Darling-Hammond, who was considered for education secretary by President Barack Obama in 2008, is under consideration again, people familiar with the process said. Also under consideration are two teachers-union leaders: Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lily Eskelsen García, former president of the National Education Association.
A few days ago we had some inkling from sources that we might start hearing…
In addition to the potential candidates above, the Post also reported:
Other names mentioned by people familiar with the process include Tony Thurmond, the California state superintendent of public instruction; Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), a former national teacher of the year; Betty A. Rosa, interim commissioner of education in New York state; and Denise Juneau, superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.
The Network for Public Education had earlier weighed in on the new Secretary of Education in the Post.
Let’s see where all this goes. Lots of food for thought in the current reporting.
There is much more work to do after the last four years of Betsy DeVos, and no doubt, there will be more challenges ahead, but I am convinced that we will refuse to allow widespread adversity in the Covid-19 environment to stop our progress towards offering more opportunity to historically underserved students.
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