Tag: Education Department

Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms

The following article by Emma Brown was posted on the Washington Post website February 15, 2017:

A policy manifesto from an influential conservative group with ties to the Trump administration, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, urges the dismantling of the Education Department and bringing God into American classrooms.

The five-page document produced by the Council for National Policy calls for a “restoration of education in America” that would minimize the federal role, promote religious schools and home schooling and enshrine “historic Judeo-Christian principles” as a basis for instruction. Continue reading “Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms”

With historic tiebreaker from Pence, DeVos confirmed as education secretary

The following article by Emma Brown as posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2017:

The Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Pence casting a historic tiebreaking vote after senators deadlocked over her fitness for the job.

DeVos now takes the helm of the Education Department with questions about whether and how the polarizing fight over her confirmation will affect her power to advance the Trump administration’s agenda. Continue reading “With historic tiebreaker from Pence, DeVos confirmed as education secretary”

Eli Broad, billionaire philanthropist and charter school backer, urges senators to oppose DeVos

The following article by Emma Brown was posted on the Washington Post website February 1, 2017:

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Secretary of education nominee Betsy DeVos testifies at her confirmation hearing in Washington on January 17, 2017.

Eli Broad, a billionaire philanthropist from California and major backer of charter schools, is urging senators to oppose the nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary, saying that she is unqualified for the job.

“At the risk of stating the obvious, we must have a Secretary of Education who believes in public education and the need to keep public schools public,” Broad wrote in a letter Wednesday to Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). Continue reading “Eli Broad, billionaire philanthropist and charter school backer, urges senators to oppose DeVos”