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Cardona confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education by 64-33 Senate vote
Cardona confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education by 64-33 Senate vote
Education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
March 01, 2021 03:36PM By Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. â Meriden resident Miguel Cardona is set to become the nationâs next Secretary of Education, following a 64 to 33 vote in the U.S. Senate Monday.
Democratric senators Christopher Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, both of whom cast votes in the affirmative, spoke in support of Cardonaâs confirmation prior to the roll call tally.Â
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Committee hearing for Meriden resident Miguel Cardonaâs nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education set for Wednesday
Committee hearing for Meriden resident Miguel Cardonaâs nomination as U.S. Secretary of Education set for Wednesday
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020 file photo, Connecticut State Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona speaks with Berlin High School students while on a tour of the school. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen the education commissioner for Connecticut and a former public school teacher to serve as education secretary. (Devin Leith-Yessian/Berlin Citizen/Record-Journal via AP)
From the outside, the Meriden Public Schools system looks like a network of struggling city schools.
The state has designated it an Alliance District and one of the “lowest-performing districts” since more than one-quarter of the students are multiple grades behind in English, math and science. It is also an economically isolated district that spends 30% less per student than the state average despite three-quarters of its students coming from low-income families. And the school ratings often used in real estate listings don’t look favorably on the district, either.
This is where Miguel Cardona President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to become the next U.S. education secretary grew up and spent 21 years of his 23-year career as an educator. And his experiences there his battles and the district’s successes will likely be front-of-mind as he coordinates policy for all the public schools in the country.