Speeches
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April 10, 2024
Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, distinguished Members of the Committee – thank you for the opportunity to testify today on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the United States Department of Education.
I speak to you today in my capacity as Secretary of Education.
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April 10, 2024U.S. Department of Education Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request
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April 9, 2024
Thank you, Evelyn, for that introduction.
It’s a joy to be back here. I look forward to NABE every year . . . because when I’m here, I know I’m preaching to the choir. Me siento que estoy entre familia. Espero la sopa ahorita.
I don’t have to tell this group that being bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural is a superpower.
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March 11, 2024
I’m pleased to speak to you today to announce and highlight President Biden’s Education Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
From day one, President Biden has fought tooth and nail to deliver the resources to our schools, colleges and universities – not only to recover from the pandemic, but to achieve academic excellence and position our students to compete globally.
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January 4, 2024Secretary Cardona Champions Prison Education Programs in Speech to American Correctional Association
Thank you, Denise, for the kind introduction and your leadership. Happy New Year everyone. I applaud the American Correctional Association for hosting this symposium. To everyone working to make education available to people who are incarcerated: thank you.
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December 15, 2023
Good afternoon, and thank you to all of you who are joining the higher education portion of our webinar on Leading Safe, Inclusive, and Non-discriminatory Learning Environments in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war.
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December 15, 2023
Thank you, everyone for joining us for today’s webinar on Leading Safe, Inclusive, and Nondiscriminatory Learning Environments.
We are hosting this webinar as a proactive strategy to support efforts to address increased reports of antisemitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab harassment at school campuses in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war.
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December 4, 2023
Thank you, Commissioner Carr, and Department of Education colleagues.
I'm glad that we have this unique and important opportunity, thanks to PISA, to compare educational outcomes across countries – especially in the wake of a global pandemic that disrupted education everywhere.
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December 1, 2023
Thank you, John Wood, for that kind introduction.
John is a senior in high school. He's going to be studying music, economics, and public relations.
If anyone has any questions about whether our public schools are hitting it out of the park, I'd like to introduce you to John Wood.
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November 16, 2023
Thank you and welcome, everyone!
I want to start with a story that illustrates why we’re here today. It’s the story of a young undocumented student who came from Mexico City to Texas.