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Miguel Cardona has spent most of his career as an educator in a district that from the outside looks like a network of struggling city schools.
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on how @JoeBiden's pick for education secretary defied the "soft bigotry of low expectations" for his students in @MeridenK12
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on how @JoeBiden's pick for education secretary defied the "soft bigotry of low expectations" for his students in @MeridenK12
@teachcardona doesn't put much weight into titles.
"If you come across people in your life that doubt you or have low expectations, prove them wrong."
For him, a child born in public housing who entered school speaking no English, it meant eluding the depressing stats.
"If you come across people in your life that doubt you or have low expectations, prove them wrong."
For him, a child born in public housing who entered school speaking no English, it meant eluding the depressing stats.
In Meriden, Cardona drastically increased access to advanced-level courses for more students from low-income families.
That increase means Meriden has one of the smallest gaps in the state between students from low-income homes and their peers. https://ctmirror.org/2018/05/14/advanced-placement-debate-open-closed-gate/
That increase means Meriden has one of the smallest gaps in the state between students from low-income homes and their peers. https://ctmirror.org/2018/05/14/advanced-placement-debate-open-closed-gate/
He also embraced the controversial Common Core standards.
"It allows us to rethink the skill-and-drill practice and over-emphasis on test prep that have stunted the growth of our students and narrowed the creativity and autonomy our teachers" he testified at the state Capitol.
"It allows us to rethink the skill-and-drill practice and over-emphasis on test prep that have stunted the growth of our students and narrowed the creativity and autonomy our teachers" he testified at the state Capitol.
An influx of spending on schools is his solution to closing achievement gaps, not education fads.
That makes him a good fit for Biden, who wants to triple federal aid to the schools that serve higher # of students from low-income families, provide universal preschool ...
That makes him a good fit for Biden, who wants to triple federal aid to the schools that serve higher # of students from low-income families, provide universal preschool ...
The results: Meriden vastly outperforms other high-poverty districts.
The district is also ahead on state performance numbers.
The district is also ahead on state performance numbers.
Cardona calls what students in districts like Meriden face the "poverty dilemma" and regularly talks about enabling schools to "unleash students from the grip of poverty"
Profile of his work in Meriden by @adriarwatson and myself here: https://ctmirror.org/2021/01/19/miguel-cardonas-ideas-about-education-were-forged-in-meriden-ct-now-he-will-bring-them-to-washington-d-c/
Profile of his work in Meriden by @adriarwatson and myself here: https://ctmirror.org/2021/01/19/miguel-cardonas-ideas-about-education-were-forged-in-meriden-ct-now-he-will-bring-them-to-washington-d-c/
