Former U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige, who helped launch the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, died Tuesday morning, according to his family. Paige was 92.
The controversial education policy that largely defined former President George W. Bush’s administration under Paige’s leadership scaled up the federal government’s role in holding schools accountable for students’ test scores. A version of the initiative was first modeled in Texas when Bush was governor.
Paige also had strong ties to Texas.
