Miguel Cardona

Our higher education system is broken.

— Miguel Cardona

We need unity across our country.

— Miguel Cardona

I'm not a politician. I'm an educator.

— Miguel Cardona

I respect differences of opinion.

— Miguel Cardona

Burnout is real. I get it.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona

We have to continue with the support of our students' mental health, and our educators' mental health.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona

I do believe charter schools provide good options for families.

— Miguel Cardona

Our educators - it doesn't take a pandemic for us to appreciate what teachers can do.

— Miguel Cardona

Athletes who happen to be transgender deserve the same opportunities.

— Miguel Cardona

We know vaccinations are the best tool we have to fight this Omicron virus and COVID-19 in general.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— 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

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

Being of Puerto Rican descent, but born in Connecticut, I have always had an awareness of my Hispanic heritage, and like many…

— Miguel Cardona

I'm never going to be satisfied. The sense of urgency that I have will never be quenched, because there's so much at…

— Miguel Cardona

I'm tired of folks looking to get political points by attacking vulnerable students, vulnerable communities and attacking our schools.

— 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

I don't have too much respect for people that are misbehaving in public and then acting as if they know what's right…

— Miguel Cardona

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

— 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

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

— Miguel Cardona

In this country, we're okay with taking into account wealth and lineage and legacy status, but to look at racial balance in…

— 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

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

Our LGBTQ students have endured more harassment than most other groups. It's critically important that we stand with them and give them…

— Miguel Cardona

We know that it provides opportunities for students to become a part of a team, to learn a lot about themselves, to…

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona

I was fortunate to have a supportive family that encouraged my success in school.

— Miguel Cardona

We need to be intentional about embracing differences under one flag, under one purpose.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona

I, being bilingual and bicultural, am as American as apple pie and rice and beans.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona

I'm trying to elevate what's working across the country.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona

I've been fighting for competitive salaries for teachers.

— Miguel Cardona

I fear the spread of complacency as much as the spread of Covid.

— Miguel Cardona

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

— Miguel Cardona