Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Tuesday that it "wasn't a mistake" to keep schools closed for as long as they were throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, an issue that has become one of the ...

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department's Lyndon Baines Johnson Building on January 27, 2022, in Washington.

Nick Simmons, the point person in Gov. Ned Lamont’s office who helped provide laptops and internet access to every student in Connecticut after schools shut down last year, is leaving his post ...

The US Department of Education sent letters Friday to the Republican governors of Texas and Florida, as well as Florida school administrators, amid an escalating battle between the White House and ...

Miguel Cardona’s tenure as US Secretary of Education under President Biden has been marked by historic funding for schools, the hiring of 16,000 mental health professionals, and significant ...

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on teacher shortage, student loans 05:28. As the latest pause on federal student loan payments is set to expire this month, the nation's top education ...

Secretary Cardona fielded questions about the Education Department’s student loan policies and proposals for transgender student athletes during the nearly five-hour hearing, which became contentious ...

Cardona also called on college leaders to make their presence known on K-12 campuses, build a culture of belonging on campus and increase their enrollment number of Pell-eligible students.

Cardona opens emergency grants to undocumented and international college students Education secretary lifts controversial ban on pandemic relief grants imposed by his predecessor, Betsy DeVos May ...

Cardona underscored a stretched-thin Office for Civil Rights in a fire of questions from Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, with the secretary noting that the number of cases the office is dealing with ...

Many credit Cardona’s consistent push for in-person learning in Connecticut as the state’s education commissioner with helping propel him to the national stage and receiving President Joe ...