On the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised to select a teacher to be his secretary of education. Just before Christmas, in a surprise choice, he named Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona to the post. Cardona has been a teacher albeit for only about five years before becoming a principal and district administrator.
Biden has now doubled down on his pro-teacher stance by nominating San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten to be deputy secretary of education, the number two position in the U.S. Department of Education.
With Cardona, Marten will play a pivotal role in advocating for and implementing President-elect Biden’s expansive education agenda, including getting funds to states, so they can open the majority of their elementary schools within 100 days of his taking office.
Five ways Trump changed California - including one that helped Democrats
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President Trump tours wildfire damage in Butte County in 2018 with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (left), Gov. Jerry Brown, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones, and FEMA Administrator Brock Long.Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images 2018Show MoreShow Less
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (left) briefs Trump on the state’s wildfires during the president’s September visit to Sacramento. Trump rolled back environmental protections and blamed California’s catastrophic wildfires on “many years of leaves and broken trees.”Andrew Harnik / Associated Press 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Gov. Gavin Newsom greets President Trump in November 2018 before a tour of wildfire destruction.Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images 2019Show MoreShow Less
WASHINGTON After four years of being relentlessly targeted by a Republican president who worked overtime to bait, punish and marginalize California and everything it represents, the state is suddenly center stage again in Washington’s policy arena.
California is emerging as the de facto poli
California Women s Legislative Caucus wants Newsom to appoint woman as attorney general
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Assemblywoman Diane Harkey (left) with Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, who is being named to replace California Attorney General Xavier Becerra if he is confirmed to a cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan was on the list sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom as a possibility to fill the attorney general’s position.Michael Short / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez is among those names being discussed as a possible appointee to the job of Califorina attorney general.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
San Francisco rolls out raises for city workers - some are eye-popping
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Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco’s director of health, is donating his raise to COVID relief.Jeff Chiu / Associated Press 2019Show MoreShow Less
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City Controller Ben Rosenfield works in his office at City Hall in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point left, and Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, look over information on the California s structural budget deficit at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Lawmakers in both houses are expected to vote on a Democratic package of bills designed to reduce California s $20 billion budget deficit by $5 billion.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less