Top Biden Official Says COVID Shouldn’t Close Schools

‘I worry about government overreach, sending down edicts that will lead to school closures.’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testifies before a House panel in Washington on April 28, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

A recent increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions should not force schools to shut down, the Biden administration’s secretary of education said in a recent interview.

“I worry about government overreach, sending down edicts that will lead to school closures because either folks are afraid to go in or are infected and can’t go,” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told The Associated Press earlier this week.