The National Education Association says DeVos needs to cancel the events and focus on helping educators reopen schools safely.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is holding three virtual meetings this week with members of the conservative Federalist Society, prompting the nation’s largest teachers union to criticize her for spending time on political events rather than plans for reopening schools shuttered by the pandemic.
The organization announced that she and high-level staff are holding virtual meetings on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday with its chapters in Alabama, Ohio and Arizona to discuss her recently published Title IX regulationgoverning sexual misconduct in schools and colleges. It will go into effect on Aug. 14.
The meetings are closed to the press and are not listed on her public schedule. DeVos has no events on her public schedule this week. On Sunday, she appeared on two news shows to defend the Trump administration’s push to fully reopen schools for the coming academic year, as a national debate rages over whether it’s safe to send kids back to classrooms. Continue reading.