Under Secretary of Education Will Play a Major Role in Higher Education Policy The Secretary of Education’s job is to oversee the entire U.S. Department of Education, including programs serving public elementary, middle and high schools and federal regulations governing higher education. He is also the most senior advisor to […]
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Senators pressed President Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy U.S. Secretary of Education on issues ranging from school closures to how administrators should use a massive new infusion of federal K-12 aid at her confirmation hearing Wednesday. If confirmed, San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten would take the number two role […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday easily confirmed Miguel A. Cardona, a career educator who rose through Connecticut’s education system to become a leader in the effort to reopen pandemic-shuttered schools, as the next education secretary. His nomination was approved by a vote of 64 to 33. Dr. Cardona, who […]
A Senate committee advanced the nomination of Miguel Cardona as the next U.S. education secretary Thursday, putting him a step closer to guiding the reopening of more schools, albeit under a scaled-back plan announced by the White House this week. Cardona, the commissioner of education in Connecticut, won praise from Republicans and […]
Miguel Cardona faces the Senate’s education committee Wednesday as it considers his confirmation to become U.S. secretary of education, with members sure to ask about a host of education issues front and center in the national policy debate. After President Joe Biden named Cardona, who is currently Connecticut’s education commissioner, […]
What experience would Connecticut Education Commissioner bring to the role of U.S. Secretary of Education? And what challenges will he face if the Senate confirms him for the role? President-elect Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint Cardona last month, after weeks of speculation about who he would select to […]
Connecticut Education Commission Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for U.S. secretary of education, would have to navigate myriad contentious education debates if the Senate confirms him for the role. Among them: addressing student segregation, winning public trust and reopening school buildings during the COVID-19 crisis, and setting policies related […]
New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies FILE – In this Thursday, June 27, 2019 file photo, Paul Manafort arrives in court in New York. President Trump’s former campaign manager is to be arraigned on state mortgage fraud charges. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 issued […]
Kathleen Megan :: CT Mirror Miguel Cardona is the first Latino to be appointed state education commissioner. He was born in a Meriden housing project and, at 28, was the youngest school principal in Connecticut. Connecticut’s education commissioner, Miguel A. Cardona, was introduced to a national political audience Wednesday evening […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Black higher education organizations are urging President-elect Joe Biden to consider North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams for the top job at the U.S. Department of Education. Leaders with the United Negro College Fund, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher […]
President-elect Joe Biden has repeatedly promised to appoint an education secretary with public teaching experience, and it has been widely believed he is referring to a former K-12 teacher when he makes that pledge.But there is an open door for Biden to appoint someone from the higher education sector instead. […]