Miguel Cardona

The Biden administration announced on Friday an additional round of student loan cancellations, affecting 12,000 more people in Ohio.

The U.S. Department of Education says it is scrapping a controversial, Trump-era policy that granted only partial student loan relief to borrowers who were defrauded by private, for-profit colleges.

Biden's new Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says "it is our shared goal to reopen schools safely and quickly."

President Biden pledged to reopen most of the nation's K-12 schools during his first 100 days. When asked if that goal was "too optimistic," Cardona said, "No, I think it's strong leadership."