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Today we're pleased to share a special episode from The Authority Podcast, with Dr. John B. King, Jr., the 10th U.S. Secretary of Education. John is currently the chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), the nation’s largest comprehensive system of public higher education. Over the course of his career in public education, he has been a high school social studies teacher, a middle school principal, the first African American and Puerto Rican to serve as New York State Education Commissioner, a college professor, and the president and CEO of the Education Trust.His new book is called Teacher By Teacher: The People Who Change Our Lives.John and Ross discuss:John’s inspiring storyTeachers who treat students as worthy of respectThe teachers who made an impact and why they still stand out todayWhat we miss when schools are discouraged from supporting and developing the whole personThe meaning of public education – why it’s critical and what we miss when it’s not supportedThe public education discours