{"id":16665,"date":"2021-01-20T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=16665"},"modified":"2021-01-20T11:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:52:45","slug":"biden-on-edtech-how-does-the-president-elects-doe-pick-view-education-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/biden-on-edtech-how-does-the-president-elects-doe-pick-view-education-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden on EdTech: How Does the President\u2019s DoE Pick View Education Technology?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, on Wednesday 20, former Vice President Joe Biden will take the oath of office and be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Within weeks, if not days, Connecticut Education Commissioner Dr. Miguel Cardona (pictured below) will be brought before the Senate to be confirmed as Secretary of Education. What views have Cardona and Biden on edtech?<\/p>\n

\"Dr.Based on Cardona\u2019s track record, there is some\u2014but not much\u2014insight to glean. The grandson of migrants from Puerto Rico, Cardona\u2019s first language was Spanish. He began to improve his English in Kindergarten. He grew up in public housing in Meridien, Connecticut, and attended district schools. After earning a bachelor\u2019s of science in education from Central Connecticut State University, he went to work as a 4th grade teacher at Meridien\u2019s Israel Putnam Elementary School. After six years, during which Cardona earned a Master\u2019s degree in bilingual and bicultural education from the University of Connecticut, he was promoted to principal of the school and held the post for another ten years. He has since attained a doctorate of education as well.<\/p>\n

Cardona took the post of assistant superintendent of teaching and learning in Meridien from 2015 to 2019 and also served as an adjunct at UCONN. He was appointed to be the Connecticut Commissioner of Education in August 2019 by Governor Ned Lamont.<\/p>\n

Most of what might be gleaned regarding Biden on edtech and Cardona\u2019s appointment come from his time as Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Biden on Edtech: As Commissioner, Cardona Led Sustained Efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide and Promote Equity Under Covid-19<\/h2>\n

At the helm of Connecticut\u2019s education system (ranked fifth in the U.S. for K-12), Commissioner Cardona served as a champion of public education and desegregation. But the majority of his tenure was taken up by the need to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While Biden\u2019 was hoping to confirm his nominated cabinet in time for his inauguration, his cabinet members waited before the Senate. Biden\u2019s cabinet will be the most diverse in history with Miguel Cardona, Xavier Becerra, Pete Buttigieg, and Alejandro Mayorkas, among others. pic.twitter.com\/UmVj714JKv<\/a><\/p>\n

— Salsa The Vote (@SalsaTheVote) January 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n