"Call your Senator's office in your state and/or district. Say NO to Betsy DeVos, because members of the president’s cabinet are expected to have some experience in the department and sector where they will take charge of federal policy. Billionaire Betsy has none. Her only involvement in education is as a lobbyist for private school choice. Since some 85% of children in the U.S. attend public schools, this means that she is totally out of touch with public education, for which she has repeatedly demonstrated hostility and contempt."IF Devos "had her druthers, every child in America would attend a religious school, preferably evangelical Christian, to further her religious goals. She and her husband tried and failed in 2000 to change the state constitution in Michigan, which forbids spending public money on religious schools and has one of the worst charter school laws in the nation. "
At dianeravitch.net
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