Petition calls for LeBron James to be U.S. Secretary of Education

LeBron James officially opens up new school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, to give less fortunate, at risk children the same opportunity as everybody else.

While LeBron James is preparing for a new NBA season with the Los Angeles Lakers, there are plenty of people who would like to see him take his talents to D.C.

On Thursday, an online petition directed at President Donald Trump was created in an attempt to make that happen. And it’s gaining steam, with more than 16,000 signees and counting supporting the idea of James taking over Betsy DeVos’ job as U.S. Secretary of Education.

“Pretend there are two candidates for U.S. Secretary of Education — the federal cabinet position responsible for the education future of over 74 million children in the country — and YOU get to hire them,” reads the petition’s writeup, which compares James’ ongoing work in support of kids’ education to DeVos’ uninformed stances she’s taken while on the job, including ideas like arming teachers with guns.

King James has never been one to stick to sports, and we should all be grateful for that. The greatest player in the game today has used his platform to speak out on political issues and do good in the community via various organizations close to home and across the country.

Just last month, the LeBron James Family Foundation’s brand new ‘I Promise School’ opened its doors to 240 at-risk third- and fourth-graders, and will surely help countless more kids in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, in the years to come.

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