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# Speeches 

                                    -  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.
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                                    -  December 15, 2023  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s Remarks at the Leading Safe, Inclusive, and Non-Discriminatory Learning Environments Webinar (Higher Education Session)  
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  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s Remarks at the Leading Safe, Inclusive, and Non-Discriminatory Learning Environments Webinar (Pre-K through 12 Session)  
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.

Make no mistake: this webinar is intended to provide support as you work to protect children.
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                                    -  December 4, 2023  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona's Remarks on Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) Test Results  
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  Secretary Cardona Celebrates Leaders of National Blue Ribbon Schools  
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.

I'm honored to have been introduced by a student who happens to be not only a leader in his school and community, but an incredible jazz musician. 
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                                    -  November 16, 2023  Secretary Cardona Touts Multilingual Education in Being Bilingual Is A Superpower Initiative Launch Event  
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.
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                                    -  September 7, 2023  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Stresses Importance of Kindergarten in Early Childhood Education Remarks  
Thank you.  I’m pleased to be here at Beyer Early  Childhood Center in Rockford, Illinois, with Representative Eric Sorensen and National  Education Association President Becky Pringle to visit an incredible early  learning program here and talk about why we believe early childhood is so  critical to raising the bar for education in this country.
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                                    -  August 8, 2023  Secretary Cardona Emphasizes Need for Cyber Security in K-12 Schools in White House Remarks  
Thank you to our First Lady, Dr. Biden, for that introduction and her leadership.

I’m glad to be here to discuss a very important topic: cyber security in our  schools.

When  we were at the height of the pandemic, it wasn’t board games that got my kids  through it. It wasn’t books, or sports.  

For  my son, it was his Xbox – playing Madden with his cousins. For my daughter, it was an app called Houseparty, where she could see her friends.
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                                    -  August 2, 2023  Secretary Cardona Touts Pathways for Students to Well-Paying Careers at SMART Union Leadership Conference  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona highlighted the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to reimagine pathways to college and career in a speech at the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, rail, and Transportation (SMART) Workers' 2023 leadership conference. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, are available below.
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                                    -  July 26, 2023  Secretary Cardona Delivers Keynote on Reimagining College Admissions at Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education  
Thank you, Merhawi, for the introduction and for the passion you have for your fellow students. You embody the American dream.

And thank you to Neera Tanden for championing President Biden's commitment to equal opportunity in education. Glad you are where you are—our education system is better because of it.  And I'm thrilled you'll be hearing from President Biden's Senior advisor, Mayor Stephen Benjamin later today.
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