Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education
DeVos has been an outspoken advocate for charter schools and school vouchers.
Click here for reuse options!Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate,” Trump said in a statement confirming her selection. “Under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families.”
…DeVos, a 58-year-old billionaire philanthropist from Michigan, leads the American Federation for Children, which promotes charter school education. She’s married to Dick DeVos, an heir to the Amway fortune.
A major GOP donor who gave money to Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush during the primaries, DeVos ultimately supported Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as the Republican candidate for president — not Trump.
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mea_mark November 23rd, 2016 at 14:41
Sounds like #Derp45 wants to privatize education along with the roads and well, everything else.
Suzanne McFly November 23rd, 2016 at 14:55
I teach in Connecticut and I have been in the field for over 3 years. I have substituted for 2 years in multiple schools and many of them were magnet schools. These schools are great and they provide a lot of opportunity for students. These schools provide programs that focus a lot of class time on arts, science, or technology. However, this money comes from the same budget our public schools pull from. The magnet schools can choose who they allow to attend, so if you get to choose who you want to teach in your school, who do you think is left? All the special ed and behavior issues are not selected in these schools. So now you have public schools having to cut budgets and they are the ones who are taking in the troubled kids who require more from the schooling environment in order for them to succeed.
Magnet schools do not have to follow the guidelines public schools have to follow, they do not have the oversight. Their budgets don’t even have same requirements as the public schools. So we as taxpayers are paying for these schools and not expecting the same results we expect from our underfunded public schools. The only one really benefiting from these schools are the people who finance them.Teachers don’t even need to be certified to teach in these schools.
Gina Bousquet November 23rd, 2016 at 15:07
So, she’s actually bad news for the common public schools…
Suzanne McFly November 23rd, 2016 at 15:51
From my point of view she is.
Gina Bousquet November 23rd, 2016 at 15:55
The poor public school system…
Suzanne McFly November 23rd, 2016 at 16:33
The students will be the first victims, then of course the entire society will pay a price.
Gina Bousquet November 23rd, 2016 at 18:55
Trump’s presidency effects in the long run…
Suzanne McFly November 23rd, 2016 at 19:18
Sadly so
dogsRgoodpeople November 23rd, 2016 at 15:26
I guess we should be glad it wasn’t Jerry Falwell Jr. This is what happens when the bar is lowered to the gutter I guess.
Suzanne McFly November 23rd, 2016 at 15:52
Yeah, if he was in charge, we would all be using textbooks from Texas and raising a generation of morons.
labman57 November 23rd, 2016 at 15:04
Another advocate of privatizing education. Anything to make a profit, eh Donnie?
Mensa Member November 23rd, 2016 at 16:33
Charter schools are yet another failed conservative experiment.
They hurt our public school system by draining money — but they under-perform public schools.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/07/06/growing-evidence-charter-schools-are-failing
https://www.law.umn.edu/news/2014-10-13-imo-study-shows-chicago-charter-schools-underperform-their-traditional-counterparts
http://www.data-first.org/questions/how-do-charter-schools-compare-to-regular-public-schools-in-student-performance/
and on and on. Research it yourself.
We don’t need charter schools to reform education — we know how to educate students — you need small class sizes and highly qualified teachers.
These are then supported by libraries, music, PE, art and and good support for special needs students.
It’s what we’ve know for decades but this takes money and conservative would rather fund billionaires.
Lyndia November 23rd, 2016 at 20:16
Speaking as retired educator, you also need GOOD administrators, that focuses on academic achievement and enrichment programs, not on what kind of cars the educators are driving and other such petty issues. Additionally, good support for SOME BUT NOT ALL, special needs students, means education in a separate facility.
fahvel November 24th, 2016 at 04:19
wow, really well said!!!!! kudos a toi!
amersham1046 November 23rd, 2016 at 17:21
More public funds going into private hands
Lyndia November 23rd, 2016 at 20:20
Well, all you public school educators that voted for donald, WATCH OUT.
Obewon November 24th, 2016 at 00:31
Top RNC donor DeVos’ brother is Erik Prince. GWB/Cheney’s No-bid Iraq Milit Contractor BlackRock/Xe/TripleCanopy founder & murder, who moved to the ‘no U.S. extradition’ UAE. Now looting billions from U.S. education, diverted to creationist charter schools.