Secretary of Education Rod Paige

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Previous Occupation:   Coached college-level athletics. Served for a decade as Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. Previous Office:    Trustee of the Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) from 1989 to 1994. Superintendent of schools of HISD in 1994. Education:    He earned a bachelor's degree from Jackson State University in Mississippi and a Master's degree and a doctorate from Indiana University. Birthplace:    Monticello, Mississippi, the son of public school educators