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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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¯Theft of Motor Vehicle – At 3:45 AM on Dec. 31st, police said a 15 year old male from Granville stole a 1986 blue Chevrolet truck from Granville Fire Company and drove it to Pheasant Valley Rd in Decatur Township where he crashed.
¯Harass Communication – At 9:28 PM on Jan. 5th, police responded to a harassment by communication on William Penn Highway in Fermanagh Township. No charges have been filed by request of the victim.
¯Drug Possession – On Jan. 4th at 5:13 PM, police arrested a 32 year old female and a 59 year old male on US22 W in Walker Township. Both suspects were from Altoona, Pennsylvania. The police were granted a search warrant after gaining suspicion of drug possession. Police discovered known and unknown controlled substances in the motor vehicle. Police are still investigating.
Connecticut educators denounce right-wing record of Biden’s pick for Education Secretary
Miguel A. Cardona [Credit: Connecticut State Colleges & Universities]
In the eyes of the Democratic Party and all of its backers, Cardona’s two chief qualifications for the position are that he is Latino and that he has forcefully advocated the reopening of schools during the pandemic as Connecticut’s commissioner of education. If Biden takes office in January, Cardona will immediately promote racial politics to accelerate the school reopening policies pursued by the Trump administration, fraudulently claiming this will be for the benefit of “black and brown” students.
Teachers Blast Biden s Education Secretary Pick Miguel Cardona: A Slap in the Face
On 12/22/20 at 6:06 PM EST
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Miguel Cardona, Connecticut s education commissioner, to serve as his education secretary, but teachers across the nation say they re disappointed in his selection.
While his nomination has been met with praise by education groups like the American Federation of Teachers, the National School Boards Association and the National Education Association, some classroom teachers disagree.
Alexis Salt, an English teacher in Nevada s Clark County School District, called the appointment a slap in the face. The big issue is that he s not a teacher. He s somebody who taught for a short amount of time on his way to becoming an administrator, which is not in and of itself a bad thing, Salt told