In line with Biden's position on schooling amid the pandemic, Cardona encouraged local school districts in his state to remain open by providing them with safety guidelines. New Haven, Connecticut's largest school district, and Danbury are the state's only systems that have maintained all virtual learning the entire year. Several school districts that were in-person switched to virtual classrooms last month, however.
Nationally, school systems have lacked clear federal guidance for how and when to reopen classrooms, and how and when to take learning remote. Students across the country are falling behind academically without in-person education. And payments and interest on the nation’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio are on hold until a few days after Biden becomes president, awaiting a policy decision from the new education secretary as the economic fallout of the pandemic continues.
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