Dr. Catherine L. Sommervold is a Professor and the Director of the Education Doctorate at Doane University. Dr. Sommervold has spent the last thirty years in education research creating programs, supervising dissertations, and studying biology and education.
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Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Shirley Hufstedler (1979-1981) Chapter 2: Terrell Bell (1981-1985) Chapter 3: William J. Bennett (1985-1988) Chapter 4: Lauro F. Cavazos (1988-1990) Chapter 5: Lamar Alexander (1991-1993) Chapter 6: Richard Riley (1993-2001) Chapter 7: Rod Paige (2001-2005) Chapter 8: Margaret Spellings (2005-2009) Chapter 9: Arne Duncan (2009-2016) Chapter 10: John King, Jr. (2016-2017) Chapter 11: Elizabeth 'Betsy' DeVos (2017-2021) Chapter 12: Miguel Cardona (2021-present) Chapter 13: The Acting Secretaries Conclusion Appendix References
Dr. Cate Sommervold shines a clear and focused light on the roles of the successive Secretaries since the Department of Education's establishment in 1979. Concise yet informative, her work conveniently contextualizes the roles of individual office holders against the shifting tides of American educational policies and debates. More holistic, in terms of events, economics and cultural trends, national contexts are unfailingly provided as well. -- Mark Orsag, Chair, History Department, Doane University Lead Author Interdisciplinary Insights from the Plague of Cyprian: Pathology, Epidemiology, Ecology and History