Connecticut educators denounce right-wing record of Biden’s pick for Education Secretary
Miguel A. Cardona [Credit: Connecticut State Colleges & Universities]
In the eyes of the Democratic Party and all of its backers, Cardona’s two chief qualifications for the position are that he is Latino and that he has forcefully advocated the reopening of schools during the pandemic as Connecticut’s commissioner of education. If Biden takes office in January, Cardona will immediately promote racial politics to accelerate the school reopening policies pursued by the Trump administration, fraudulently claiming this will be for the benefit of “black and brown” students.
“In this critical moment in our nation’s history, it’s essential that there is an educator serving as secretary of education,” Mr. Biden said. “I want to make that clear again: an educator, someone who has taught in the classroom, comes out of the classroom.”
His public schools background means Mr. Cardona will “be ready from Day One,” Mr. Biden said.
Mr. Cardona, 45, spent his entire life in public schools and most recently held the position of education commissioner in Connecticut.
The son of a Meriden, Connecticut, police officer, Mr. Cardona assumed his latest duties in February, and consequently, most of his short tenure in charge was devoted to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Cardona took an aggressive stance in favor of keeping schools open, a position that put him at odds with the powerful teachers unions.
Biden picks Miguel Cardona, Connecticut schools chief, as education secretary Author: Laura Meckler, Valerie Strauss, Matt Viser, The Washington Post Updated: December 22, 2020
Print article WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he will nominate Miguel Cardona, the commissioner of public schools in Connecticut, as his education secretary, settling on a low-profile candidate who has pushed to reopen schools and is not aligned with either side in education policy battles of recent years. Cardona, 45, did not enjoy the level of enthusiastic support enjoyed by some others who were considered for the post, but he also did not draw any significant opposition. Rather, he is seen as capable of working with people across the education spectrum.
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