Let's fill Biden's cabinet.

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Inspiration is all well and good, but the function of a cabinet secretary is to manage their department. I’m not sure Tyson has the requisite managerial experience. Being a pop culture icon doesn’t quite fill the bill.

A better candidate would be someone who has spent several years managing a large school district.

I disagree. Cabinet level secretaries are not administrators. Cabinet level departments already have established bureaucracies staffed with seasoned professional administrators. The department of education has more than 100 ES level positions, and more than 1500 GS-14/15 positions. Those are the administrators. The Cabinet Secretary and the additional 20ish EX level positions at the department of education are policy influencers/setters.

What the department of education needs right now is a strong advocate for public education. Someone to steer us away from standardized testing, choice vouchers, and funding for-profit charter schools with little financial transparency. Not another administrator.