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Biden to pick Miguel Cardona, proponent of reopening schools, as education secretary Joey Garrison and Erin Richards, USA TODAY Biden rolled out his climate and environment team Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he plans to nominate Miguel Cardona, the education commissioner of Connecticut, as secretary of the Department of Education, choosing a major proponent of reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. © Devin Leith-Ye...

Column: We cannot forget the awfulness of Betsy DeVos Steve Nelson Modified: 12/21/2020 10:10:14 PM The call went out to “RESIST!” Bernie Sanders? AOC? Malcom X? Saul Alinsky? No, this was Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plea to Education Department staffers as she ends her term in office. As reported in The Hill, she implored them to “Be the resistance against forces that will derail you from doing what’s right for students.” DeVos evoking the language of progressive activism is...

Biden to pick Miguel Cardona, proponent of reopening schools, as education secretary Joey Garrison and Erin Richards, USA TODAY Biden rolled out his climate and environment team Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he plans to nominate Miguel Cardona, the education commissioner of Connecticut, as secretary of the Department of Education, choosing a major proponent of reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. © Devin Leith-Ye...

USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he plans to nominate Miguel Cardona, the education commissioner of Connecticut, as secretary of the Department of Education, choosing a major proponent of reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. If confirmed by the Senate, Cardona, 45, would lead Bidens push to reopen the majority of public schools in the first 100 days of his administration. Bidens pick would add another Latino to his increasingly diverse Cabinet....

Ted Diadiun’s telling rant against good government Updated Dec 16, 2020; In his Dec. 13 column, “Just two of the reasons to lament coming Biden administration,” Ted Diadiun warns us of a coming Joe Biden debacle, repeating U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ mantra that “government has never made anything better ....” He laments the fact that President-elect Biden will appoint officials who will use government to address problems related to public education, immigration, and ...

December 15, 2020 6:43 p.m. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) to lead the Energy Department, the agency that would be instrumental in fulfilling Biden’s commitment to move the country away from fossil fuels. Politico first reported the news. The two-term former Michigan governor’s familiarity with the auto industry is reportedly seen as an advantage to Biden as the President-elect aims to accelerate the distribution of ...

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks at the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix.Matt York/AP Betsy DeVos’ tenure as the nation’s 11th secretary of education will come to an end in January. Her time in office has been turbulent, from a contentious Senate confirmation through the extraordinary challenges posed by a once-a-century pandemic. As she approaches the end of her tenure, Secretary DeVos agreed to share some thoughts on her experiences, what she learned in office, and what a...

investigation into a group called America Votes, who is sending absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since 1994. The new Georgia Project, who sent voter registration applications to New York City and Operation New Voter Registration Georgia, who is telling college students in Georgia that they can change their residency to Georgia and then change it back after the election. (END VIDEO CLIP) supporting them? And it doesnt really matter if the numbers are ...