Amid the pandemic, we know that our students have experienced so much. We can't unlock students' potential unless we also address the needs they bring with them to the classroom each day. As educators, it's our responsibility to ensure that we are helping to provide students with a strong social and emotional foundation so that they also can excel academically.

Miguel Cardona

Miguel Angel Cardona (born July 11, 1975) is an American educator who has served as the Connecticut Commissioner of Education since 2019. He is U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to serve as United States Secretary of Education in his cabinet.A native of Meriden, Connecticut, Cardona began his career as a fourth-grade teacher at the Israel Putnam School. In 2003, at the age of 27, he was named principal of Hanover School, also in Meriden, making him the youngest principal in the state.

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