On December 23, Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona spoke, accepting President-Elect Joe Biden’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Education:
He said:
Mr. President-elect, Madam Vice President-elect — thank you for this opportunity to serve.
I know just how challenging this year has been for students, for educators, and for parents.
I’ve lived those challenges alongside millions of American families — not only in my role as a state education commissioner, but as a public school parent and as a former public school classroom teacher.
For so many of our schools and far too many of our students, this unprecedented year has piled on crisis after crisis.
It has taken some of our most painful, longstanding disparities and wrenched them open even wider.
It has taxed our teachers, our leaders, our school CONTINUE READING: Miguel Cardona Accepts Biden Nomination | Diane Ravitch's blog
