He earned a Ph.D. in history from Texas Tech University and is author of To Get a Better School System: One Hundred Years of Education Reform in Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2009), and co-author of A Kineno's Journey: On Family, Learning, and Public Service (Texas Tech University Press, 2016) with former U.S. Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos. Thumbnail Image - By MamaGeek - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0