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Macary ’94 (CLAS), ’05 ELP, ’16 Ed.D., superintendent of Vernon Public Schools, was recently recognized by the Connecticut Association of Public School Supe ...

Published May 7, 2021 • Updated on May 8, 2021 at 9:00 am NBC Universal, Inc. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will be delivering the commencement address virtually at the University of Connecticut graduation ceremony this weekend for both classes of 2020 and 2021. Cardona is the former, commissioner of education for Connecticut. He attended Central Connecticut State University for his bachelor’s degree and UConn, where he completed his master’s in bilingual/bicultural edu...

During his nomination hearing, he said that education opened doors for him. While that is the power of promise, that promise if not kept for every student and he wants to make sure that education is "door to opportunity" for all students. “I’m proud to say I was born at the Yale Lakers housing projects. That’s where my parents, Hector and Sarah Cardona, instilled early on the importance of hard work, service to community and education,” Cardona said with a slight emotional crack in h...

UConn’s Neag School Alum Miguel Cardona Tapped to Be Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP has been selected by President-elect Joe Biden to be the next US Secretary of Education. Miguel Cardonas ties with UConns Neag School of Education are extensive, from multiple graduate degrees to serving as an instructor (UConn Photo). Copy Link Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6 th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP is President-elect...