WASHINGTON ― U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Tuesday that he believes attacks on diversity programs in public schools are part of a larger campaign to “decrease the confidence in our public schools.” In a roundtable discussion with Black journalists at the Department of Education building in Washington, Cardona referred […]
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Bill Bennett, education secretary under President Ronald Reagan, stressed the importance of U.S. K-12 schools steering clear of social experimentation amid rising chronic absenteeism and a notable decline in academic performance since the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s not in very good condition. It needs to be a lot better. We look […]
INTERVIEW SINCE BEING APPOINTED. I’M NOT AN EDUCATOR, BUT I AM AN INNOVATOR. I AM SOMEBODY WHO CAN SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. NELLIE SANDERS LITERALLY SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SHE’S DYSLEXIC AND SPENT THE LAST DECADE AT A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE NEURODIVERGENT OR INTELLECTUALLY OR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. SHE’S BRINGING […]
