Education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona led a full-court press for schools to reopen in Connecticut
Laura Meckler and Nick Anderson, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Miguel Cardona is shown in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 23, 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Sarah Silbiger
Last summer, as school districts across America were nervously considering whether to pry open the school doors for part-time learning, Miguel Cardona was in Connecticut, pushing districts hard to return five days a week.
Through a combination of pressure and cajoling, along with an open line of communication, Cardona saw all but one school district in his state adopt some flavor of in-person education in the fall, reopening school buildings even as teachers across Connecticut staged noisy protests and districts across the country remained online only.
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Published January 20. 2021 12:01AM
NEW HAVEN (AP) Students on Tuesday attended school in-person for the first time since March in New Haven, a district that until now has resisted calls to bring children back as it worked to address safety concerns.
While many other districts around the state reopened classrooms, as encouraged by Gov. Ned Lamont, New Haven schools continued to stick with distance learning through the fall. The 21,000-student district delayed a November reopening because of the rising numbers of coronavirus infections.
For now, only students in pre-kindergarten through the fifth grade have the option of going back to classrooms under the district s hybrid learning plan. Parents who have seen children deal with the challenges of remote learning were happy to see them attend in person.
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