President-elect Biden chose Connecticut's education commissioner and longtime public school teacher, Miguel Cardona, to serve as his education secretary on Tuesday. Cardona, 45, worked as a public educator for two decades in Connecticut, before becoming the state’s top education official in 2019. As education commissioner, Cardona has been a vociferous advocate of sending children back to school for in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, noting the low transmission rate among children and the devastating setbacks of remote learning. Still, during his hearing for education commissioner, Cardona said his work would center on public schools. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPOnly about 10% of public school funding comes from the federal government, mostly through the Title I program, which goes to low-income schools.

Source: Fox News December 22, 2020 22:18 UTC