On December 15th Obama officially became the 44th President of the United States by a unaminous show of hands from the Electoral College.
President-Elect has finally decided to select Arne Duncan Chicago Schools Chief, to be his Education Secretary Pick.
(He is expected to announce his decision via a Press Conference today @11:00 Eastern time.)
Obama's alternative choice was Joel Klein, Chancellor of NYC Schools but there appeared to be too much controversy about him considering his rocky relationship with Teachers Unions.
The President-Elect wanted a National School Leader who was Bi-Partisan and would be well-received by Teachers. Thus he decided on placing Duncan in that position.
I say Excellent choice!
I'm sure Duncan is going to do a much better than Bush's Education Secretary Margaret Spelling, who gave her stamp of approval to states with Segregated, Failing Public Schools Systems like North Carolina.
Looking at the mess left by sitting President Bush's terribly underfunded No Child Left Behind Act program, Arne certainly has his work cut out for him.
You can take a peek at his resume here.
Sources: Huffington Post, MSNBC, Illinois Family Institute, Wikipedia, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Tribune
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