Speeches 
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June 24, 2024
Thank you, Sejal, for the kind introduction, and congratulations on receiving the Seal of Biliteracy!
And welcome, everyone to this Summit – hosted by YOUR Department of Education!
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June 20, 2024
Good afternoon, graduates!
Professor Brown-Dean, thank you for those beautiful remarks.
I also want to thank Deputy Commissioner Carlos, Warden Reis and everyone at Cheshire and the Connecticut Department of Correction for having me back again so soon—it’s a pleasure and an honor to be here.
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May 15, 2024
Good afternoon.
I want to thank Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice for hosting us today.
And a big thank you to our team at the Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights, as well as our White House Initiatives teams.
The fact that we are taking this moment today to mark the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling that happened 70 years ago… before most of us were born—is testament to its legacy.
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May 7, 2024
Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Scott, 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.
My purpose here today is to propose a budget that helps protect and support our nation’s students.
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April 30, 2024
Chair Baldwin, Ranking Member Capito, Vice Chair Collins, 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.
And thank you for your leadership and our continued partnership.
I’m proud of how we’ve worked together, in a bipartisan fashion, during this Administration to raise the bar for American education.
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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.
But I also look at this budget as a lifelong educator, and especially as a father of a son in college now and a daughter in her final year of high school.
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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, 2024
Secretary 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.
Recently, my Department held a listening session with justice-impacted individuals. And one woman spoke of education's power to transform lives.