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The Biden administration is moving forward with an overhaul of several student debt forgiveness programs, aiming to make it easier for borrowers to get relief if they are duped by their colleges or if they put in a decade of work as public servants.

President Joe Biden introduced the new digital hub for student loan forgiveness, where eligible Americans can apply to have part or all of their federal student loan debt cleared. Visit studentaid.gov for more information or to see if you qualify.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona met with students in New Haven Wednesday as part of a three-state tour promoting summer learning programs funded by the American Rescue Plan.

President Joe Biden will travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday, the White House announced. Biden is scheduled to visit Somerset, where he will deliver remarks on “tackling the climate crisis and seizing the opportunity of a clean energy future to create jobs and lower costs for families.” No further information was immediately released. Somerset is one of the communities along the…

First Lady Jill Biden will visit Connecticut Wednesday to kick off a tour to promote programs to help students learn this summer through funds from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. She will be joined by U.S. Secretary of Education and Meriden native Miguel Cardona. The two are scheduled to arrive at Tweed-New Haven Airport at 12:30 p.m. They will...

The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under new rules proposed by the Biden administration.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have recognized the 2021 and 2020 national teachers of the year and all teachers for the work they do

Gov. Ned Lamont is nominating Charlene Russell-Tucker to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education. She will replace Dr. Miguel Cardona, who left the post after being nominated to become U.S. Secretary of Education in the Biden Administration. Lamont said there was a unanimous vote earlier in the day by the State Board of Education recommending...

U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky joined the YMCA of Greater Boston and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston for a town hall on Friday. The event was held at the Yawkey Boys & Girls Club of Roxbury, with a select audience of parents and students able...

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona praised new University of Connecticut graduates for their work in helping to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and urged them to use their uniqueness as their “superpower” to accomplish their career and life goals, in a recorded speech played Saturday at a virtual 2021 commencement. Cardona, Connecticut’s former education commissioner who earned graduate degrees...

Marissa Perez-Cardona spoke exclusively with NBC CT on Wednesday about her husband, Dr. Miguel Carona and his new role as Secretary of Education.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will be joined by newly-confirmed Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on her visit to Meriden on Wednesday.

Dr. Miguel Cardona was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Education on Tuesday evening. Vice President Kamala Harris administered the oath to Dr. Cardona a day after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate. He posted a video message to his official Twitter account Tuesday night, introducing himself to the nation “To America’s students and parents, as secretary of...

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will be joined by newly-confirmed Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on her visit to Meriden on Wednesday. The two will visit Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, according to a release from the Office of the First Lady. The U.S. Senate confirmed Cardona as education secretary on Monday evening. Cardona grew up in Meriden and after college,...

The First Lady of the United States is coming to Connecticut. Dr. Jill Biden will be in Meriden next Wednesday. Mayor Kevin Scarpati says it’s been about 70 years since a president has visited Meriden, and it’s believed that next week will mark the first time a first lady has ever visited.

Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education commissioner, had a hearing for his nomination as President Biden’s Education Secretary.

President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona, the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Education, is promising to help reopen schools but says much of the hardest work will come after that as schools try to address long-standing disparities worsened by the pandemic. “These inequities will endure, and prevent the potential of this great...