Miguel Cardona, former elementary school teacher and principal, tapped to be Biden's education secretary: Reports

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to tap Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's top education official, as his choice to head the Department of Education, according to multiple reports. Cardona accepted the position, Axios reported on Tuesday morning.

Cardona, who was named the state’s top schools official last August and its youngest principal at age 28, would have a number of issues thrown his way from day one, mainly getting children back into the classroom. Biden has warned that "an entire generation is going to lose a year, a year and a half, in terms of their learning ability" due to distance learning, saying he wants students back in the classroom within his first 100 days.

Cardona has been supportive of getting children back into classrooms, arguing that online learning was contributing to students falling behind, according to CNN.