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Biden to pick Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education – source – Metro US

Biden to pick Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as U.S. Secretary of Education – source

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduce key members of their administration in Wilmington

(Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Connecticut’s Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, according to a transition team source.

Cardona, a veteran teacher and school administrator, would be another Latino addition to Biden’s Cabinet.

Biden’s transiton team did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

(Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw and Simon Lewis; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)