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Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., is taking the helm of The Education Trust, an organization in Washington that has spent decades advocating for poor and minority children.

King will be only the second leader in Ed Trust’s history, taking over for Kati Haycock, the organization’s chief executive officer who founded Ed Trust in the 1990’s.

“Over its 25-year history, The Education Trust has been a leader in the work to bring attention and action to closing long-standing opportunity and achievement gaps that separate too many low-income students and students of color from their peers, pre-kindergarten through college,” said David V.

Britt, the chairman of Ed Trust’s board of directors. “This history provides a strong foundation on which to build new partnerships, new work, and new learning—indeed a new movement—and we think John is exactly the right leader for this next stage of the organization’s work.”

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