Today I am signing off as the Secretary of Education, my dream job. What I used to tell my students on the last day of school is that this isn’t goodbye, but rather a celebration of our time together. This is the same, here are some things I’m celebrating today. 🧵1/6

This job is so much bigger than one person. Our fight for education is happening all around us in classrooms and communities across the country and it continues. And I’ll be right there with you in the fight. 6/6

To the students, families, educators, and education leaders I’ve served these last 4 years, I want to make it clear that while I will no longer be your Secretary of Education, I will still be your partner in all that we hope to achieve for America’s students. 5/6

Some other accomplishments I’m proud of: ✅Investing in our students to receive good paying jobs after graduation ✅Expanding mental health supports ✅ Addressing our educator shortage 4/6

We also realized our student loan system was broken. Through fixing the public service loan system, holding servicers accountable, & fixing other errors, we were able to approve $183.6 billion in debt relief for over 5 million borrowers. More than any other administration. 3/6

From Day 1 we got to work on one of the biggest challenges our Nation had to face; not only safely reopening schools in the aftermath of the pandemic, but ensuring that our students, schools, and educators had what they needed to address the learning loss our students faced. 2/6

It’s great to see partners creating resources to help families sign up for FAFSA. We have a new resource from @UnitedWay built in Meta’s Llama, check it out ⬇️ https://t.co/VweljzQJhP

In the past 4 yrs, in all 50 states, we’ve had so many great experiences at ED. Helping America's schools was a dream job for me. To help show some highlights, I've brought along my digital director to show our favorite photos. Watch the full version ⬇️ https://t.co/TrwagThIgw

We knew from day one that our student loan system is broken. We led an ambitious effort to fix broken student loan forgiveness programs that included; ✅Streamlining the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program ✅Approving more than $183.6B in debt relief for 5M borrowers

We wanted to break out of the "four-year college or bust" mentality when it came to helping our students prepare for their future. That's why @UsEDGov collaborated with more than 43 states to create career pathways for students in fast-growing fields.

Post-pandemic, our country was facing a massive teacher shortage. We knew that we needed to invest in our teachers more than ever before. So we invested $30B in American Rescue Plan funds to help recruit, retain, & support hundreds of thousands of educators across the country.

For too long Puerto Rico’s students and educators were abandoned. In the last four years we were able to provide historic support for Puerto Rico’s schools, including increasing teacher salaries for the first time in 12 years.

HAPPENING NOW: Join us live for our event, The Impact: Our Fight for Public Education. #ImpactED Watch ⬇️ https://t.co/oOO1Zw838w

TODAY: Join us live at 1pm today for our Final Impact Event: Our Fight for Public Education. You won’t want to miss it. Pa’lante! Join ⬇️ https://t.co/DTmQpNEWmd

Young people have been speaking up, it is our job to create systems that listen. Last year we were proud to host the first White House Youth Summit, read about the impact ⬇️ https://t.co/BS2EJixgC4

Four years ago, @POTUS made a promise to fix a broken student loan system. Today, life-changing student debt relief is possible for more than FIVE MILLION borrowers—more than any other administration in history. I am proud of the work we've done for borrowers.

NEW: We released a report detailing the Biden-Harris Administration’s support of students, families, & educators, including: ✅ Schools reopening & recovery ✅ Mental Health Support ✅ College and Career Access and Affordability See the #ImpactED report ⬇️ https://t.co/AOkgpvIZK5

President Biden invested $17 billion in HBCUs, making a historic investment in Black excellence.

Multilingualism is a superpower and representation matters. That’s why @USEDgov funded professional development for 5,000 multilingual educators across the country. That way all our communities are represented in the classroom.

Part of investing in mental health is creating school environments where everyone feels safe to be who they are. Let us all recommit to keeping our schools and communities a safe place for students to thrive.