U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona was in Kissimmee on Thursday to talk about the importance of incentivizing more people to go into teaching, especially in high-demand areas like special education.
Cardona’s visit comes days after his department granted the University of Central Florida $1.2 million to provide masters degrees in special education to current teachers.
The goal is to graduate 40 special ed teachers over the next five years.
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