If Miguel Cardona, the top education chief in Connecticut and president-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for education secretary, is confirmed, his agenda will stretch from early education to K-12 to higher education and adult learning, and include the major lift of reopening schools for in-person learning as the coronavirus pandemic rages on – a gauntlet Biden set for his first 100 days.
“He is a secretary of education for this moment,” Biden said in introducing him to the country last week.
In accepting the nomination, Cardona also accepts a breathtaking to-do list, including the behemoth task of getting the country’s public