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Who is Miguel Cardona? [Why was he nominated for Secretary of Education?] | Ed In The Apple

Who is Miguel Cardona? [Why was he nominated for Secretary of Education?] | Ed In The Apple
Who is Miguel Cardona? [Why was he nominated for Secretary of Education?]



For sports fans a highly anticipated event is the draft: the commissioner walks to the podium and announces, “In the 2020 draft the Biden Team selects, [hesitates] Miguel Cardona” – who?

For weeks speculation circulated among the self-styled educational intelligentsia, would Biden nominate Linda Darling-Hammond, the leader of the education transition team, how about one of the teacher union leaders, Lilly Eckelson Garcia or Randi Weingarten, an urban superintendent, and on and on.

On the evening of December 22nd the Wall Street Journal wrote,

WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden said he would nominate Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as education secretary, tapping a third Latino for a role in his cabinet.

If confirmed, Dr. Cardona would be tasked with implementing Mr. Biden’s pledge to expand resources for public schools, make public college tuition-free for families making less than $125,000 annually and restore  CONTINUE READING: Who is Miguel Cardona? [Why was he nominated for Secretary of Education?] | Ed In The Apple