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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. secretary of education, died Tuesday.

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 ...

According to a statement from his family, Paige died Tuesday morning at his home with his wife Stephanie at his side. Paige, who made history in 2001 as the nation’s first Black education secretary, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Director Sundar C has reportedly exited Rajinikanth's 'Thalaivar 173' due to significant script disagreements, with the superstar seeking major revisions. Producer Kamal Haasan has stepped in to ...

A conversation about staying grounded as a leader. Leadership takes daring and steadfastness even in the best of times. In eras of shaky political, economic, and social stability, researcher and ...

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 ...

Rapper Rod Wave was arrested on weapon and drug charges in Atlanta on the same day he picked up his first Grammy nomination, the artist's legal team said Sunday. The platinum and gold record performer ...

Rod Wave was arrested on drug and weapons charges in Atlanta last Friday, Nov. 7. According to Fulton County online jail records, the musician — real name Rodarius Green — was booked on two counts of ...