When Joe Biden selected Connecticut Education Commissioner Dr. Miguel Cardona to be his Education secretary he fulfilled a campaign promise to name an educator with public school experience as his nominee for the post. Secretary Cardona took office on March 2 and has been busy trying to fulfill another promise made by the president: getting students back to in-person learning. Secretary Cardona has two decades of experience as a public school educator from the City of Meriden. He began his career as an elementary teacher. He then served as a school principal in Meriden in 2003 where he led a school with outstanding programming for three to five-year-olds, students that were bilingual, and students with sensory exceptionalities. The secretary recently sat for a long session at the Education Writers Association’s annual national seminar. This year’s seminar was a virtual event and the Dr. Cardona spoke on a Zoom session with Sara Carr, a long time education reporter and a member of the EWA Board.
We’ll also spend an Academic Minute giving public health its due.
