Betsy Devos Owns Charter Schools

On friday january 20 2017 the u s.

Betsy devos owns charter schools. For decades we ve covered devos her. Devos is a longtime advocate for school choice who has promoted charter schools as a way to give students more educational opportunities and has supported voucher programs that allow students to use public funds to attend private schools. Betsy devos may have been an unexpected nominee for secretary of education in the donald trump administration but she s no stranger to the detroit free press. Office of government ethics or oge released the paperwork and pledge for president donald trump s secretary of education nominee betsy devos.

Charter school founded by devos family reflects national tensions a common area at the west michigan aviation academy a grand rapids charter school founded by dick devos the husband of education. States want better regulation after charters spread rapidly with few rules. She her husband and their four adult children are worth an estimated 2 billion mostly in amway stock. Department of education the country should look to recent goings on in ohio as a warning sign of what can happen when public institutions are privatized and an example of why a moratorium on more of these schools is necessary.

It has had some serious problems with waste and fraud in the past but secretary of education betsy devos announced friday that csp will be awarding 65 million in grants to thirteen charter. With betsy devos a long committed charter school proponent in charge of the u s. Betsy devos is the richest member of donald trump s cabinet. She became a champion of privately run publicly funded charter schools and vouchers that enable families to take tax dollars from the public education system to the private sector.