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Known as a unifier who earned his chops in a rapid rise through the education ranks – from fourth-grade teacher, to principal, assistant superintendent, and Connecticut education commissioner – Miguel Cardona was expected to be confirmed March 1 as the U.S. Secretary of Education.
The Biden administration choice of Dr. Cardona as a conciliatory tone-setter was a smart move, says Jonathan Zimmerman, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. A teachers union leader or someone aligned with the pro-charter Democrats for Education Reform, he says, “would have been a sort of prima facie statement that we’re going with one [ideological] side or the other.”
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AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg (center) joins Mayor Jim Kenney (left) and schools Superintendent William Hite to announce a plan for reopening some Philadelphia school buildings. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Updated 3:39 p.m.
Philadelphia school officials and union leaders have reached a compromise that will allow some schools to reopen their buildings on March 8 roughly a year after the district last welcomed students into classrooms.
The deal, announced Monday, calls for pre-K through grade 2 students at 53 elementary schools to attend classes in-person twice a week, if they choose.
The School District of Philadelphia had planned to reopen 152 schools in February in its first phase of in-person learning. School officials and the union agreed that more schools will become eligible for in-person learning on a weekly, rolling basis until all pre-K to second-grade classes have returned. Announcements will be made each Monday.
Her resignation as governor may be only hours away.
As she exits the Rhode Island political stage midway through her second term, Raimondo leaves a heap of unfinished business behind for her successor: Lt. Gov. Dan McKee.
The list includes:
◘ A gaping budget deficit pegged at somewhere between $329 million and $513 million that stems, in large part, from extensive use of one-time funds, according to a new legislative analysis.
◘ A battle among competing groups for priority in getting a COVID vaccine.
◘ The state takeover of the Providence schools.
◘ A potentially massive change in the state s hospital landscape.
◘ The Raimondo administration s proposed no-bid, 20-year Lottery deal worth a potential $1 billion to gambling giant IGT and its partners in the Rhode Island gambling industry.