Biden picks Connecticut schools chief Miguel Cardona as Ed Secretary

Higher Ed Dive

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf

December 22, 2020

Dive Brief:

• President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday tapped Miguel Cardona, the chief of Connecticut’s public schools, to lead the U.S. Department of Education.

• Cardona, a Latino man with two decades of experience in K-12 schools, fulfills Biden’s pledge to pick an Education Secretary with deep roots in public education.

• But Cardona, who does not have a deep higher education leadership background, will also be tasked with guiding colleges through the public health crisis.

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