President-elect Joe Biden introduced his pick for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, on Wednesday and promised an "ambitious agenda" to re-open most schools within the first 100 days of his presidency.
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Cardona’s top priorities as education secretary will be to work with state and local officials to get kids back to school safely amid the pandemic
Biden intends to nominate the Connecticut Education Commissioner to serve as head of the Department of Education in his administration, a public school advocate who sent around resources on microaggressions as he took action to help parents and educators navigate difficult race-related discussions earlier this year.
Biden promised a plan for what he called an "ambitious but doable goal of safely opening a majority of our schools by the end of our first 100 days."
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