Education Pick Miguel Cardona Is New To Washington â But Not To Classrooms
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On Wednesday, lawmakers will have some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden s nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator will no doubt have to navigate the choppy policy waters of school choice, how to close opportunity gaps and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages.
For now, though, members of the U.S. Senate s education committee won t have much to go on as they prepare for Cardona s hearing. That s because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just now getting to know him.
Education Pick Miguel Cardona Is New To Washington But Not To Classrooms
By Cory Turner
February 2, 2021
On Wednesday, lawmakers will have some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator will no doubt have to navigate the choppy policy waters of school choice, how to close opportunity gaps and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages.
For now, though, members of the U.S. Senate’s education committee won’t have much to go on as they prepare for Cardona’s hearing. That’s because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just now getting to know him.
Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET Friday
On Wednesday, lawmakers had some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden s nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator was asked about student loan debt forgiveness, policies for transgender students and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages.
Members of the U.S. Senate s education committee didn t have much to go on as they prepared for Cardona s hearing. That s because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just getting to know him.
In a Biden administration full of familiar faces, Cardona is relatively new to the national spotlight. His biggest job to date has been as Connecticut s education commissioner, a role he s filled for just the past year and half.
Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET Friday
On Wednesday, lawmakers had some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden s nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator was asked about student loan debt forgiveness, policies for transgender students and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages.
Members of the U.S. Senate s education committee didn t have much to go on as they prepared for Cardona s hearing. That s because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just getting to know him.
In a Biden administration full of familiar faces, Cardona is relatively new to the national spotlight. His biggest job to date has been as Connecticut s education commissioner, a role he s filled for just the past year and half.
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Cardonaâs ideas about education were forged in Meriden. Now heâll bring them to D.C.
Cardonaâs ideas about education were forged in Meriden. Now heâll bring them to D.C.
Miguel Cardona, principal of Hanover School, eats breakfast and talks about Justain Bieber with third graders Asharia Ray (left) and Dina Hamideh (right) in the school cafeteria in Meriden, April 1, 2011. I enjoy spending time with the students, said Cardona. This is just a happy place to be. (Sarah Nathan/ Record-Journal) Advertisement
RJ file photo - Miguel Cardona, first-time teacher, in his fourth-grade classroom at Israel Putnam School, Aug. 25, 1998.