WASHINGTON – A University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse grad, Cindy Marten, was named deputy U.S. education secretary by President-elect Biden. Besides her UW-L degree in elementary education, Marten holds a master’s from the University of California, San Diego. She was a classroom teacher for 17 years in San Diego, mostly in ethnically diverse and economically challenged schools. She established a bi-literacy program, a hands-on school garden program, integrated arts education, quality after-school and preschool programs, a daycare center for employees’ children, and a community health and wellness center. Since 2013 she has been superintendent of San Diego schools.
Marten. Has been superintendent of San Diego schools, which have the highest graduation rate among big-city California districts.