Anne Holton Biography

Appointed as education secretary in 2014, Holton pushed to cut back on standardized testing and has championed the state’s efforts to rewrite the high school curriculum to better connect students with the modern needs of the workforce.
The daughter of former Virginia governor A. Linwood Holton (R), she attended a historically all-black Richmond city school as her father pushed for school integration in the state. She also holds a law degree from Harvard University and spent part of her career representing low-income youth. She later served as a judge in Richmond’s juvenile and domestic relations court.

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