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Education Pick Miguel Cardona Is New To Washington — But Not To Classrooms By Cory Turner  February 2, 2021 On Wednesday, lawmakers will have some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator will no doubt have to navigate the choppy policy waters of school choice, how to close opportunity gaps and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages. For now, though, members of the U.S. Senate’s education committee won’t have much to go on as they prepare for Cardona’s hearing. T...

Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET Friday On Wednesday, lawmakers had some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden's nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator was asked about student loan debt forgiveness, policies for transgender students and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages. Members of the U.S. Senate's education committee didn't have much to go on as they prepared for Cardona's hearing. That's because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just getting to know him. In a Biden administration full ...

Updated at 3:45 p.m. ET Friday On Wednesday, lawmakers had some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden's nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator was asked about student loan debt forgiveness, policies for transgender students and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages. Members of the U.S. Senate's education committee didn't have much to go on as they prepared for Cardona's hearing. That's because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just getting to know him. In a Biden administration full ...

New career academy launches at Wilcox Tech in Meriden   New career academy launches at Wilcox Tech in Meriden   Teacher Zeke Lehrer instructs Maloney student Jeonardo Polanco, 16, second from left, and Platt student Darren Gibbons, 15, left, on the workings of a milling machine in a manufacturing class Tuesday at Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden. Meriden school officials have announced a partnership with Wilcox Tech Career Academy at Wilcox, an innovative new partnership that allows Meriden Public Schools students to receive specialized training in skilled trade areas. Dave...

Local activist who cared greatly about Meriden and its residents remembered Local activist who cared greatly about Meriden and its residents remembered Arline Dunlop, a former mayoral candidate and local activist, stands near a grove of trees she helped save next to John Barry Elementary School in Meriden in 2004. Dunlop died last week. Record-Journal file photo Advertisement Speaking through a bullhorn, Arline Dunlop joined other anti-pesticide protesters at Meriden City Hall, Sept. 25, 2000. | File photo. Arline Dunlop, on the front porch of her Meriden home, is making another ru...