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Yuri Gripas/Reuters Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered few details of her views on higher education during her confirmation hearings. But on Thursday, in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, she sharply criticized faculty members and accused them trying to indoctrinate students. She devoted only a paragraph to higher education in a relatively short […]
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had to be escorted away from a public school when protesters physically obstructed the entrance. The controversial reformer eventually made it inside, and also heard from members of the teachers’ union. Devos’ first official visit to a public school since narrowly being confirmed as the new secretary of the US Department […]
Betsy DeVos was confirmed as President Trump’s education secretary in a vote of 51-50 after a controversial hearing. Vice President Mike Pence broke the 50-50 tie in a historic vote. On Friday, DeVos was physically blocked from making an appearance at a middle school in Washington D.C. by dozens of protesters. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Feedburner
Betsy DeVos’s confirmation as education secretary has prompted parents to threaten to homeschool their children, in response to the billionaire’s lack of education experience and her support for the privatization of education. The Republican heiress was confirmed despite receiving more ‘no’ votes than any other secretary of education since 1979, winning by a single vote […]
To say Betsy DeVos had a rough confirmation hearing to become secretary of education would be an understatement. Democrats came gunning for the billionaire charter schools advocate who had never attended or taught at a public school, and who mused that it might be appropriate to have guns in some schools to protect against grizzly […]
Celebrities react to Betsy DeVos’ confirmation vote. Entertainment Weekly
AP Photo/Alex Brandon Lawmakers held the floor of the US Senate late Monday night in an eleventh-hour effort to tank the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos. Democratic senators railed against DeVos on the Senate floor and on social media, calling her unfit to oversee the nation’s education system. Sen. […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos, became in danger on Wednesday of being voted down in her upcoming Senate confirmation. The forecast became gloomy after Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — a pair of moderates — announced their opposition during separate Senate […]
Reading and math scores were essentially flat on the most recent Nation’s Report Card, which could provide validation for would-be education secretary Betsy DeVos to push her ideas about expanding school choice. WSJ.com: What’s News US
