On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to Boston with U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh to tour Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology. Secretaries Cardona and Walsh will meet with students, discuss the Biden-Harris administration’s Economic Blueprint, and learn more about the school’s career pathways courses including their, robotics and renewable energy classes.

To advance the goal of reimagining traditional educational pathways and improving equitable opportunities for all students, the President's Budget for fiscal year 2023 includes a new $200 million investment in Career-Connected High Schools, an initiative that would support competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, institutions of higher education—including community colleges—and employers.

leadership focused on how they are supporting students in postsecondary career pathways, advancing equity, and building a diverse and skilled workforce.

A press gaggle with the Secretaries will follow. Please RSVP by emailing pressrsvp@ed.gov and tburke@denterlein.com to secure your spot and to receive detailed access directions.

Afterwards, Secretary Cardona will travel to Cambridge to participate in a fireside chat conversation focused on COVID recovery with students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A live stream of the conversation will be available at 1:30pm, here.This event will only be accessible to press via the live stream.