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Newly Confirmed Education Secretary Cardona Will Join First Lady Jill Biden In CT Visit Newly Confirmed Education Secretary Cardona Will Join First Lady Jill Biden In CT Visit
Newly Confirmed Education Secretary Cardona Will Join First Lady Jill Biden In CT Visit A familiar face will be joining Dr. Jill Biden on her first trip to Connecticut since becoming the first lady. Lifelong Meriden resident Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s former Education Commissioner and President Joe Biden’s newly confirmed Education Secretary, announced he will be joining the First Lady on her planned trip that was announced last week. Original story - First Lady Jill Biden To Visit Connecticut During the visit, Cardona and Biden are expected to visit Benjamin Franklin Elementary school in Meriden, and the Fort LeBoeuf Middle School in Waterford. Cardona was confirmed by …
Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For CT Commissioner Named By Biden To Be Education Secretary Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For CT Commissioner Named By Biden To Be Education Secretary
Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For CT Commissioner Named By Biden To Be Education Secretary Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona appeared before the Senate’s education committee on Wednesday, Feb. 3 for a confirmation hearing after being nominated to serve as the United States' Education Secretary by President Joe Biden. Cardona, a lifelong Meriden resident, was announced as a choice to join Biden’s Cabinet as Education Secretary in late December. If nominated, the 45-year-old Cardona will be tasked with overseeing one of Biden’s key goals for his first 100 days by re-opening the majority of the nation’s elementary and middle schools for in-person learning. Before d…
Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say
Chief Of CT Schools To Join President-Elect Biden's Cabinet As Education Secretary, Reports Say Connecticut Chief of Schools Miguel Cardona is expected to head south to Washington, D.C. to serve in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet as Education Secretary in a meteoric two-year rise to national prominence. The appointment of Cardona, a lifelong resident of Meriden, could be officially announced as soon as sometime on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The Washington Post first reported last week that Cardona, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, who was president of the National Education Association for six years, and Leslie T. Fenwick, the dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education and a…