John King Jr.

John B. King Jr. (born January 5, 1975) is an American politician. He was the Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of Education from 2016 to 2017.^[1] Before, he served as its Acting Deputy Secretary,^[2][3] and from 2011 to 2014 he was the New York State Education Commissioner.^[4]

John King Jr.
10th United States Secretary of Education
In office March 14, 2016 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	James Cole Jr. (acting)
Preceded by	Arne Duncan
Succeeded by	Betsy DeVos
United States Deputy Secretary of Education
Acting
In office January 4, 2015 – March 14, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	James H. Shelton
Succeeded by	Mick Zais
Education Commissioner of New York
In office June 15, 2011 – January 4, 2015
Preceded by	David Steiner
Succeeded by	MaryEllen Elia
Personal details
Born	(1975-01-05) January 5, 1975 (age 49) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Melissa Steel
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MEd, EdD) Yale University (JD)
Website	Campaign website

The former Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan,^[5][6] was given the job of putting into effect the No Child Left Behind Act. However, King is required to put into effect the law that replaces that law, the Every Student Succeeds Act.^[7]

In April 2021, King announced that he would be running for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland in the 2022 election.^[8] He lost the Democratic nomination in July 2022.^[9]