Betsy Devos On Public Education

Over the two years since betsy devos was confirmed as president trump s secretary of education she has worked against the best interests of public schools.

Betsy devos on public education. Betsy devos serves as the 11 th u s. However the honest calculus of a total coronavirus induced collapse of the american public education system is that betsy devos and friends will multiply their billions of dollars while american. This spring with schools facing their most. When trump selected betsy devos as secretary of education many took it as a sign that he wasn t serious.

When you approach a public school you are. June 15 2020 at 10 22 am edt education secretary betsy devos has long believed that the federal government should have little to do with education. Secretary devos has been involved in education policy for nearly three decades as an advocate for children and a voice for parents. Betsy devos has called public schools a dead end and bankrolled a private school voucher measure in michigan that the public defeated by a two to one ratio.

She is especially passionate about reforms that help underserved children gain access to a quality education. The house of representatives education committee earlier this month was no exception. Senate on february 7 2017 after being nominated by president donald j. Democrats also pressed devos on a report from the advocacy group network for public education which found that the federal government wasted up to 1 billion on charter schools that never opened.

She promotes the privatization of public schools through vouchers continually calls for deep cuts to federal funding rolls back protections for vulnerable children and completely disregards their safety and the safety of educators during a global pandemic. Devos has never worked in a public school. As president donald trump s secretary of education betsy devos has made it her mission to dismantle public education. After all devos seemed to know little about public schools.

Over the last four years she has been crystal clear that her primary interest in the public education system lies in dismantling it. But that was a product of her extremism. She was confirmed by the u s. Guidance issued by us education secretary betsy devos in late april instructed states to allocate a bigger portion of the federal assistance to private schools which some democrat and republican.