Rod Paige, the nation’s first Black secretary of education, dies at 92
- Posted on December 10, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
- 3 Views
Rod Paige, the nation’s first Black secretary of education, dies at 92

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