"Raising student achievement will be the top priority of Martha Kanter, who will be sworn in Wednesday as U.S. Undersecretary of Education, reporting to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan," Palo Alto Online reports. "Kanter, the departing chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, told an audience at Hewlett-Packard Co. Friday that the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's education strategy is to get more students into college and to substantially raise the college graduation rate. Kanter's portfolio in the Department of Education will be post-secondary education, vocational and adult education and federal student aid. She plans to take a "listening tour" of the country to identify best practices and apply them on a larger scale."