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With School Reopening a 'National Priority,' Biden Picks a Former Teacher as Education Secretary Time 12/23/2020 Katie Reilly © Devin Leith-Yessian—Berlin Citizen/Record-Journal/AP Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona speaks with Berlin High School students while on a tour of the school on Jan. 28, 2020. President-Elect Joe Biden nominated former teacher Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s Education Commissioner, as his Education Secretary on Tuesday, choosing a proponent of school reopening during the pandemic who will face pressure to address inequities la...

K.C. BELITZ Nebraska Community Foundation This will, I believe, be the 20th year The Telegram has given me the opportunity to share New Year’s wishes and resolutions as we turn the calendar. Never in those two decades has the prior year gone so differently than what we together envisioned 12 months ago. The irony is obvious that 2020 was the year that so confounded our vision. So, first, a look back at how the hopes shared last year played out. The first 2020 new year’s wish was for Howells Community Fund and Columbus Area Future Fund to complete successful campaigns. Th...

Battle. shannon has the specifics. >> if you had to ask americans one single thing that was likely to make the most opportunity in helping you move from the back of the line to the front, it would be a good education. >> yet, tennessee republican lamar alexander said many public schools are failing to provide that opportunity to close the achievement and long-term earning gap, so he's teaming up with tim scott of south carolina to launch a series of proposals that would give parents more choices in how federal tax dollars are spent on education. >> too many of our kids are sold a bill of goods...

On the planet is alcohol and tobacco. the question is, do we need another one? prevalence matters. when you legalize something, prevalence increases. >> as a country, we should try to do better. this is not going to make our country stronger. it's going to sap our energy as a society. we have a learning gap among kids. this is only going to widen that gap. we can't be a first rate nation and go to pot. that's just it. >> the book is available now. christopher, you'll be signing books in boston, philadelphia and d.c. later this month. good to see you both. thank you very much. bashgback.

Young, because she lived in a high-risk neighborhood in new jersey, educators here at pj hill elementary provide a literousy coach to make sure she doesn't fall behind. >> it's like we're at a race, to assume we're all at the starting line together, it's not american even. >> reporter: acting superintendent oversees the school district. it has a higher number of at-risk kids and is supposed to get more funding. last year, the state gave him no budget money. incredibly, he wishes the same were true now. >> when you have had $12 million cut from your budget, you just made that race for some lear...