We Have Some Questions For Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick For Education Secretary | Americans United

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Betsy DeVos as his nominee for Secretary of Education, despite the fact that she has no experience with public education. Instead, DeVos has led the crusade to create taxpayer-funded private school voucher programs, which undermine our public schools. What’s more, vouchers don’t improve educational outcomes, they lack accountability and oversight, they fund schools that discriminate and violate religious freedom.

Aside from her record on vouchers, there are many other things we know about her, too. For instance, we know that she has admitted she uses large campaign contributions to buy political influence: “I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect some things in return.”...
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