Tag: DeVos’
Education Secretary DeVos To Speak At Magnet School Forum
WASHINGTON (AP) – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is set to speak at a conference in the nation’s capital devoted to promoting magnet schools. DeVos is staunch advocate of school choice, […]
What DeVos Means For Special Education
Based on their track records or stated policy positions, several of President Trump’s confirmed and soon-to-be-confirmed cabinet heads will share a rather unique approach to their new positions: They may […]
The future of STEM education is cloudy under Betsy DeVos
This week the United States Senate confirmed Betsy Devosas the new secretary of education. Despite a shaky performance during her committee hearings, where she seemed to suggest guns belonged in […]
Sens. Tim Kaine and Tom Harkin: Betsy DeVos Is the Wrong Choice
As a former chairman and current member of the Senate committee that focuses on education, we are deeply concerned by President Donald Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos. A nominee for […]
Guest column: Betsy DeVos recognizes states know best on education
It is difficult to think of a nominee for Secretary of Education who is more interested in the education of our nation’s children, in particular children coming from disadvantaged families, […]
Education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos is the agent of change voters demanded
This past fall millions of Americans sent a remarkable and irrefutable message in their vote. In electing a political outsider, a man whose résumé boasted none of the bureaucratic trappings […]
Betsy DeVos’ Big Education Idea Doesn’t Work
Of all Betsy DeVos’ stated priorities as America’s presumed next education chief—and there have not been very many—her desire to let parents pick the best schools, public or private, for […]