Education Quotes by Miguel Cardona

Our higher education system is broken.

— Miguel Cardona

A college degree can change the trajectory of a student's life.

— Miguel Cardona

I do believe charter schools provide good options for families.

— Miguel Cardona

I think all schools should be supporting students who are struggling.

— Miguel Cardona

In my experience, great teachers are also quintessential lifelong learners.

— Miguel Cardona

We know there are a lot of bad actors out there, even in education.

— Miguel Cardona

Let's confer prestige on colleges' breaking cycles of poverty.

— Miguel Cardona

The issue of helping children succeed - that doesn't have party lines.

— Miguel Cardona

If I've learned anything in my career as an educator, it's this: With the right support, students are remarkably resilient.

— Miguel Cardona

Our students need additional support. They need smaller class sizes. They need tutors. They need after-school programs.

— Miguel Cardona

When it comes to education, there is far more that unites parents across America than divides us.

— Miguel Cardona

We recognize higher education should be accessible to more people in this country, and you shouldn't be settled in debt for the…

— Miguel Cardona

Let's turn the universities that walk the walk on equity into household names.

— Miguel Cardona

I'm a dad, and I want to talk about raising the bar in education. But I won't sit idly when some try…

— Miguel Cardona

As I said, before, talking to educators, students and parents, they recognize the importance of our schools and them being open full…

— Miguel Cardona

When you talk about establishing teacher apprenticeships, that's a gift that keeps giving. That's not going to go away.

— Miguel Cardona

We won't accept a broken system where too many people are locked out of opportunity, where too many default on their student…

— Miguel Cardona

When we talk about politicization, when we talk about book banning, when we talk about Black history curriculum being picked apart -…

— Miguel Cardona

When I was commissioner of education in Connecticut, we saw that roughly one-out-of-every-four students in the state didn't have access to a…

— Miguel Cardona

Participating in athletics gives all students an opportunity to learn about themselves, to compete, to negotiate with a team and learn skills…

— Miguel Cardona

You know, as a former educator, a building principal, I recognize the challenges that our educators are facing across the country, and…

— Miguel Cardona

Technology can help enhance learning. It could facilitate good practice. It doesn't replace the school experience. It doesn't replace the community experience.

— Miguel Cardona

A college degree remains one of America's surest paths to well-paying, rewarding careers. But too many underserved students - especially students of…

— Miguel Cardona

We're going after these for-profit institutions preying on first-generation college kids and putting them in debt. And they don't even have the…

— Miguel Cardona

As secretary of education, a parent, and a former teacher and principal, I've seen that no matter a parent's political leaning, their…

— Miguel Cardona

From Day One of President Joe Biden's tenure, we have made authentic parent engagement a top priority, not only embedding the needs…

— Miguel Cardona

Higher education is supposed to be a valuable investment in your future.

— Miguel Cardona

I've been in education, you know, about 25 years. Not including the time I was in higher ed as a student.

— Miguel Cardona

Teaching is not a job anyone just falls into. It is mastery of a craft: in fact, the craft that enables all…

— Miguel Cardona

We know that when students learn in a diverse student body, they get a better education. Everyone benefits from that.

— Miguel Cardona

We have to implement strategies to address the social-emotional needs of our students.

— Miguel Cardona

As a parent, I know how difficult it was for students to learn virtually and for parents to juggle childcare and their…

— Miguel Cardona

Moving forward, it is on us to make sure education jobs are ones that educators don't want to leave.

— Miguel Cardona

We had the cost of college preventing people from thinking about college because they didn't want to be buried in debt. We…

— Miguel Cardona

Schools are more than just places where students learn how to read and write - they're communities. They're like second families to…

— Miguel Cardona

We need to support our educators, give them the tools that they need to be successful.

— Miguel Cardona

Let's invest in our local schools to make sure that teachers have a livable wage.

— Miguel Cardona

The states do have more control over education, and they have the responsibility for funding it.

— Miguel Cardona

You know, I haven't met an educator that doesn't agree that students learn best in school, and they really want our students…

— Miguel Cardona

There's nothing valuable about being ripped off or sold on a worthless degree.

— Miguel Cardona