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Nah, pass. Before joining the Trump administration, [DeVos]...had a strong hand in the spread of for-profit charter schools in her home state of Michigan, whic
by aaronbrethorst 6y ago
Nah, pass.
Before joining the Trump administration, [DeVos]...had a strong hand in the spread of for-profit charter schools in her home state of Michigan, which saw a dramatic drop in average school performances after her pet policies were enacted. As secretary of education, she's consistently sidelined student civil rights and worked to make debt relief harder than ever.
https://www.gq.com/story/betsy-devos-is-the-worst https://www.gq.com/story/betsy-devos-is-the-worst
Even Trump overruled her on plans to gut the Special Olympics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/betsy-devos-trump-republicans-education-secretary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/betsy-devos-...
in response to a question about whether guns belonged in schools, she referred to a school in Wyoming and said, “I would imagine that there is probably a gun in the schools to protect from potential grizzlies.”
DeVos was confirmed by the Senate — but only, for the first time in U.S. history, after a vice president had to vote to break a tie.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/25/betsy-devoss-truly-awful-week-by-headlines/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/25/betsy-de...