Miguel Cardona
Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds

By Dánica Coto Jun. 28, 2021 06:09 AM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic...

FILE - This Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, shows Sangren Hall on the campus of Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Mich. A group of anonymous alumni has gifted $550 million to Western Michigan University. The school says it will receive the funding over 10 years. It will be divided among scholarships, investing in quality educators, advancing medical research and education, and bolstering Western Michigan athletics. (Bryan Bennett/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP, File)
Western Michigan gets $550M gift from anonymous alumni

By Anna Liz Nichols Jun. 08, 2021 03:51 PM EDT

US education secretary promotes vaccine efforts at colleges

Jun. 08, 2021 03:02 PM EDT
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at a suburban Detroit community college Tuesday to highlight...

Odessa College nursing student Moon Suk Kim prepares doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in a vaccination clinic hosted by Odessa College Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
The Latest: Melbourne's 4th pandemic lockdown to end Friday

By The Associated Press Jun. 08, 2021 02:17 AM EDT

This photo shows U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as he delivers remarks, during a video recording address for University of Connecticut graduating students at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Conn., Friday May 7, 2021. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo via AP)
Education Secretary Cardona encourages UConn grads in speech

By Dave Collins May. 08, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, left, talks to 12th grade art student Oscar Quezada at White Plains High School, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in White Plains, N.Y. Cardona visited as part of the 'Help is Here' tour. The school reopened to all students on April 12. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Remote learning still widespread even after Biden hits goal

By Collin Binkley May. 06, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

Lamont's mental health commissioner tapped for federal job

Apr. 23, 2021 05:32 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is losing another member of his cabinet to President Joe Biden's administration. The...

FILE - In this March 31, 2021, file photo, freshman Hugo Bautista eats lunch separated from classmates by plastic dividers at Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning. With a massive infusion of federal aid coming their way, schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use the windfall to ease the harm of the pandemic — and to tackle problems that existed long before the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
With new aid, schools seek solutions to problems new and old

By Collin Binkley Apr. 04, 2021 09:03 AM EDT

US eases student loan relief for those with disabilities

By Collin Binkley Mar. 29, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
The U.S. Education Department is canceling student debt for more than 40,000 Americans who were previously granted loan forgiveness because of disabilities but...

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a listening session at the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven, Conn., Friday, March 26, 2021, on how the American Rescue Plan addresses child poverty and education. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Harris praises Connecticut for spending federal aid on kids

By Susan Haigh Mar. 26, 2021 02:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, pre-kindergarten students work on their school work at West Orange Elementary School in Orange, Calif. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its social distancing guidelines for schools Friday, March 19, saying students can now sit 3 feet apart in classrooms. The new guidelines also remove recommendations for plastic shields or other barriers between desks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
School survey shows 'critical gaps' for in-person learning

By Collin Binkley Mar. 24, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

Puerto Rico awarded $900M to help boost island's education

By Dánica Coto Mar. 22, 2021 04:35 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government on Monday was granted access to more than $900 million in federal education funds less than two weeks...

First lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visit a robotics lab during a tour at Fort LeBoeuf Middle School in Waterford, Pa., Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
Expanded testing part of Biden administration school plans

By Carolyn Thompson Mar. 17, 2021 08:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2014 file photo, Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of National Economic Council, left, listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during Biden's meeting with CEO's in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Sperling, a veteran of the Clinton and Obama administrations, will lead the oversight for distributing funds from President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package, a White House official said Monday.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Biden taps Gene Sperling to oversee COVID-19 relief package

By Josh Boak Mar. 15, 2021 06:21 PM EDT

Vehicles line up as people get registered for the Johnson and Johnson one-dose vaccine at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Saturday morning, March 6, 2021. The state hopes to have 12,000 people vaccinated at the speedway by Monday afternoon. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP)
New Hampshire opens vaccine site; Maine reports 183 cases

Mar. 06, 2021 04:02 PM EST

First lady Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona tour Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Meriden, Ct. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
It's back to school for Jill Biden and new education chief

By Darlene Superville Mar. 03, 2021 03:55 PM EST

Cardona's deputy appointed acting education commissioner

Mar. 03, 2021 03:17 PM EST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Ned Lamont has appointed Charlene Russell-Tucker to serve as acting state education commissioner, taking over the position vacated...

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level picks. (AP Graphic)
Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations

By Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 03, 2021 12:15 AM EST

Recent Cabinet hopefuls who dropped out. (AP Graphic)
Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in confirmations

By Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 02, 2021 04:30 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has confirmed him as Education Secretary on March 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)
Senate confirms Cardona as Biden's education secretary

By Collin Binkley Mar. 01, 2021 06:17 PM EST