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John King's Biography

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Full Name:

John B. King

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Melissa; 2 children: Amina, Mireya

Home City:

Silver Spring, MD

EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2008

JD, Yale Law School, 2007

MA, Teaching of Social Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1996

BA, Government, Harvard University, 1995

Candidate, Governor of Maryland, 2022

Appointed by President Barack Obama, Secretary, United States Department of Education, 2016-2017

Visiting Professor/Professor of the Practice, University of Maryland, 2017-present

Senior Deputy Commissioner for P-12 Education/Commissioner of Education & President of the University of the State of New York, New York State Education Department, 2009-2015

Delegated Deputy Secretary of Education, United States Department of Educations, 2015

Managing Director, Excellence & Preparatory Networks, Uncommon Schools, 2005-2009

Middle School Principal (Founding Co-Director), Roxbury Prep Charter School, Uncommon Schools, 1999-2004

President & Chief Executive Officer, The Education Trust

Founder, Strong Future Maryland, 2020

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