Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced late Tuesday that should he win the presidency, he will nominate Miguel Cardona to be education secretary. Cardona is a former public school teacher and the current education commissioner in Connecticut. In a statement, Biden said that Cardona is an “an experienced and dedicated public school teacher” who will support students and teachers and ensure that every school is “on track to reopen safely.” “He will help us address systemic inequities, tackle the mental health crisis in our education system, give educators a well-deserved raise, ease the burden of education debt, and secure high-quality, universal pre-K for every three- and four-year-old in the country,” Biden said. “As a lifelong champion of public education, he understands that our children are the kite strings that keep our national ambitions aloft—and that everything that will be possible for our country tomorrow will be thanks to the investments …