New Secretary of Education John King

Last week, the United States Senate confirmed John King as the next Secretary of Education. Although King has been acting as interim Secretary since Arne Duncan left the position last Fall, this confirmation now means that King will serve as the full-time Secretary for at least this final year of the current administration.

To learn more about the newly confirmed Secretary of Education, check out the full transcripts of his recent speeches:

U.S. Department of Education

Good afternoon. I'm John King, Acting U.S. Secretary of Education. It's wonderful to be here today. What an amazing place this is-it's incredible to think that this was once an abandoned rec center in downtown Baltimore. Today, the Digital Harbor Foundation Tech Center is a public makerspace, with a focus on giving disadvantaged youth the resources and the tools to tinker, create and learn.