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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
James Minichello
703-875-0723
703-774-6953 (cell)
jminichello@aasa.org

Alexandria, Va. 鈥� December 22, 2020 鈥� Daniel A. Domenech, executive director of , issued the following statement in response to the nomination of Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona to be the next Education Secretary.
 
鈥淎s we head into the new year and a new Congress, the nation鈥檚 public schools and the 50 million students they serve continue to operate in an unprecedented reality of a global pandemic that has transformed their day-to-day educational experience.

鈥淟eadership is paramount, and 91制片 will always work collaboratively with the heads of federal agencies to ensure that federal education policy supports and strengthens public education. The work of teaching in a classroom and running a school system is a distinct and critical skillset, and 91制片 welcomes the chance to work with a U.S. Education Secretary who is a career educator with experience in the classroom and at district and state levels. We congratulate Miguel Cardona on this nomination, and we look forward to supporting him in the major task of getting our students and staff back to school safely.

鈥淥ur mantra at 91制片 is that leadership matters, and we have a high regard for the leadership skills that Miguel Cardona will bring to the U.S. Department of Education from his time as an educator in Connecticut public schools and as an 91制片 member.鈥�

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For specific questions, please contact Noelle Ellerson Ng, 91制片 associate executive director, advocacy and governance, at nellerson@aasa.org.

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