As a pediatrician, I must advocate for my patients especially during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day for nearly 11 months, I have heard children, teenagers, college students and parents state that this open-ended hiatus from school is taking a serious emotional, physical and academic toll on many of them.
OPINION (CBM) – Cindy Marten is the superintendent of San Diego Unified School District and has been nominated by President Joe Biden to be Deputy Secretary, the number two position in the Department of Education. In her current role as the leader of the second largest school district in California she is responsible for educating about 100,000 K-12 students, including 7 % that are African American.
Cindy Marten
Marten will serve under Dr. Miguel Cardona, Biden’s choice for Secretary of Education. In choosing Cardona who is Connecticut’s Commissioner of Education, Biden is keeping his campaign promise to appoint a public school educator to this Cabinet position. Only seven years ago both nominees were elementary school principals and if they are approved by the U.S. Senate, they will become the country’s top education officials.