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During his nomination hearing, he said that education opened doors for him. While that is the power of promise, that promise if not kept for every student and he wants to make sure that education is door to opportunity for all students.
“I’m proud to say I was born at the Yale Lakers housing projects. That’s where my parents, Hector and Sarah Cardona, instilled early on the importance of hard work, service to community and education,” Cardona said with a slight emotional crack in his voice as he accepted Biden’s nomination. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education chief and a lifelong champion of public schools, to serve as education secretary.
New career academy launches at Wilcox Tech in Meriden Â
New career academy launches at Wilcox Tech in Meriden Â
Teacher Zeke Lehrer instructs Maloney student Jeonardo Polanco, 16, second from left, and Platt student Darren Gibbons, 15, left, on the workings of a milling machine in a manufacturing class Tuesday at Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden. Meriden school officials have announced a partnership with Wilcox Tech Career Academy at Wilcox, an innovative new partnership that allows Meriden Public Schools students to receive specialized training in skilled trade areas. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement
Connecticut Technical Education and Career System s Superintendent Jeffrey Wihbey speaks next to Meriden Schools Superintendent Mark Benigni during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden, Tues., Jan. 12, 2021. Meriden school officials have announced a partnership with Wilcox Tech Career Academy at Wilcox, an innovative new p
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary
WILMINGTON, DE - DEC 23: Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks during a news conference at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, D.E., on Wednesday Dec. 23, 2020. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“Dr. Cardona has a proven track record as an innovative leader who will fight for all students, and for a better, fairer, more successful education system,” Biden said in a pre-Christmas announcement. “He will also strive to eliminate long-standing inequities and close racial and socioeconomic opportunity gaps and expand access to community colleges, training, and public four-year colleges and universities to improve student success and gro
The entire nation will benefit - Milford superintendent proud of colleague and friend Miguel Cardona
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Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden s nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks after being introduced at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, as Biden, right, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, look on. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Carolyn Kaster / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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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)Devin Leith-Yessian / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less