John B. King

About the Author

John B. King Jr. is the president of The Education Trust, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to identify and close opportunity and achievement gaps, from preschool through college. King served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education. He was the first African American and Puerto Rican to serve as New York State Education Commissioner. King lives in Silver Spring, Md., with his wife (a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher) and his two daughters, one of whom is a current Montgomery County Public Schools student, and one who recently graduated and is now in college.