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Analysis: From School Cafeteria ‘Salad Girl’ to U.S. Secretary of Education? The Rise of Former NEA President Lily Eskelsen García

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, former president of the National Education Association (Tom Williams/Getty Images)

December 7, 2020

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