Department of Education
Miguel Cardona laid out the Biden administration’s plans for school reopening in a speech on Wednesday.
The Biden administration is approving 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from former students of ITT Technical Institute.
The Biden administration picked Richard Cordray, who previously led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to oversee a student loan portfolio of more than $1 trillion.
It was an "open secret" at Columbia University that Suzanne Goldberg dismissed victims and protected the administration, student sexual assault survivors say.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
President Joe Biden is signing an executive order directing the Department of Education to review the Trump administration’s controversial Title IX policy guidelines for handling sexual assault on K-12 and college campuses.
In testimony during his confirmation hearing, Cardona, who most recently served as Connecticut's education commissioner, received bipartisan praise.
DeVos is the second Cabinet member to announce her resignation following Wednesday's violent insurrection by Trump supporters.
Joe Biden’s pick for education secretary will have lots to do in order to roll back the Trump administration’s policy on how colleges handle sexual assault allegations.
Cardona currently serves as commissioner of education in Connecticut.
The incoming New York congressman named Randi Weingarten, Dr. Betty Rosa and Freeman Hrabowski as possibilities to head the Department of Education.