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Tag: Betsy DeVos

Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education

The keys to authentic education have always been interest and ability and when these are absent so too is authentic learning.

Trump, Betsy DeVos and the plan to end democratic education

Trump’s victory and DeVos’s voucher advocacy could motivate Republican supermajorities to cut further from education in an effort to move public education into the private sector.

Sanders questions Trump’s Education Secretary pick: ‘If you were not a...

DeVos admitted that it was a possibility that her family gave $200 million to the Republican party.

Will Betsy DeVos restart the ‘Education Wars’?

This time the lines dividing political parties won’t be blurred, and Democrats will know whose side they should be on.

Trump is taking on Wall Street, literally

The next administration will have plenty of billionaires – and no working class populists.

Senators call for Trump’s education secretary nominee to pay $5.3M in...

DeVos has neither responded to their letter, nor announced any plans to ensure payment of the delinquent fines.

How much could Trump’s education secretary damage public schools? Just look...

Detroit schools help explain Betsy DeVos’ mission.

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Pregnant woman in labor cited under Kentucky anti-homelessness law

Pregnant homeless woman in labor ticketed under Kentucky’s anti-camping law, sparking national outrage over the criminalization of homelessness.

Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid spending bill fight

Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.

Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians and leaving bodies to rot

Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.

Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated

The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.