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Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday. Former ...

Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. Education secretary, died Tuesday. Former ...

Rod Paige, an educator, coach, and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, died Tuesday.

Rod Paige, a former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Secretary of Education, died Tuesday morning at the age of 92. Paige was the first Black secretary of education as well as the first school ...

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirms the former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Education Secretary, Rod Paige, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Paige had a distinguished career in public ...

Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education, university football coach and architect of the "Houston Miracle" as Houston ISD superintendent, has died at 92. As HISD's superintendent from 1994 to ...

Losing 49-0 is not how anyone expected the season to end for West Virginia. Everyone knew the challenges that Texas Tech presented and knew it would likely be a two-score or more defeat. Still, the ...

Sir Rod Stewart has detailed his wishes for after he dies as his wife Penny Lancaster shared an emotional tribute to her beloved husband. The rock star, 80, has been reflecting on where he would he ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — After being closed more than a year, a popular business is finally open again on Anna Maria Island — the Rod & Reel Pier Restaurant. Last year, the structure was literally swept ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Florida rapper Rod Wave was arrested on drug and weapon ...