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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...

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

U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Miguel Cardona, the current commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Education, took part in a news conference with Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz on the launch of the 2021 Lt. Governor’s Computing Challenge.  A news release from the lieutenant governor says that the challenge, “Coding for Good,” invites Connecticut students in grades three through 12 to “create technology applications designed...

The state is launching the 2021 Lt. Governor’s Computing Challenge and U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Miguel Cardona said this puts students at the forefront to develop ways to recover and heal amid the pandemic.

The Japanese government and IOC are adamant that the Tokyo Olympics will go forward in July after an anonymously sourced report suggested that the events might be canceled. Olympic rower Grace Luczek reacted to the uncertainty around the competition and shared how she and her teammates are continuing to prepare despite COVID-19.

Just over 300 miles from the US Capitol, Wednesday a house in Meriden was filled with pride as the parents of education secretary nominee Dr. Miguel Cardona watched the inauguration of the president who gave their son his historic appointment. “I’m very excited. Very proud, proud daddy. Not only me. But it brings Meriden to the map and our hometown…

Hector and Sarah Cardona have been preparing for their son to take a seat in the cabinet of the president of the United States. They’ve been proud of his accomplishments for a while, watching his rise from teacher to state education commissioner. But this latest accomplishment means more than they could’ve imagined.

It was a historic occasion Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden announced Connecticut’s Miguel Cardona as his candidate for education secretary. Cardona humbly accepted the nomination. “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,”...

Miguel Cardona was appointed to be the next U.S. Education Secretary by President-elect Joe Biden.

Hear the entirety of Dr. Miguel Cardona’s speech after President-elect Joe Biden introduced him as his nominee to lead the Department of Education.

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education chief and a lifelong champion of public schools, to serve as education secretary

President-elect Joe Biden introduced Dr. Miguel Cardona on Wednesday as his nominee to lead the Department of Education.

There’s been speculation for some time now that Connecticut’s top education official would take that roll on for our country. Just a couple hours ago, it became official: President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr. Miguel Cardona to be our nation’s next education secretary. He’s been Connecticut’s Department of Education Commissioner for more than a year now. And if he’s...

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Dr. Miguel Cardona to be our nation’s next education secretary.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Dr. Miguel Cardona, Ed.D., to serve as Education Secretary. Here are five things you need to know.