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– 5 Things to Know About Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary:
The prominent Michigan philanthropist is an ardent supporter of charter schools.
President-Elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate the Michigan philanthropist and prominent Republican donor Betsy DeVos to be U.S. Education Secretary. The announcement signals that big changes could be on the way for schools and students around the country. Here are five things to know:
1. DeVos will push for school choice
DeVos has been a vocal supporter of school choice, which is something Trump backed on the campaign trail. DeVos, who heads up the pro-charter and pro-school-voucher nonprofit American Federation for Children, has said parents should have the ability to choose the best schools for their children, whether they are traditional public schools, charters, or private schools. Trump has proposed creating a $20 billion federal voucher program for families to use to send their kids to the school of their choice. But, as Education Week noted recently, making that program a reality could be difficult. It’s unclear exactly where the funding would come from, and even if Congress did manage to pass such a proposal, some states currently prohibit funds from going to schools with religious affiliations, which could complicate how those funds are used.
2. Critics of the Common Core standards may have reason to worry
While Trump repeatedly assailed the set of standards used in most states across the country, DeVos has been less clear about her stance on them. She also served on the board of the former Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education, which supported the controversial standards. And Trump’s transition team reportedly discussed the idea of “higher national standards” with DeVos. Trump’s campaign pledge to repeal the standards isn’t actually realistic because they are not a federal mandate. It’s possible that DeVos and the administration might support similar standards while avoiding the politically toxic Common Core nomenclature.
3. Expect deregulation to be a priority
According to Chalkbeat, DeVos’s family poured $1.45 million into an effort to prevent Michigan from adding oversight for charter schools. That effort ultimately failed. DeVos and her husband have been supporters of charter schools for decades and longtime opponents of regulation. And according to Chalkbeat, around 80 percent of the state’s charter schools are run by private companies. The lack of oversight has prompted concern from the Obama administration that some bad charters were being allowed to operate without improving or being forced to close. Civil-rights groups like the NAACP have also expressed concern that low-income children and children of color suffer when oversight is scaled back.
4. She’s politically active, but she doesn’t have a lot of political experience
DeVos, 58, is married to Dick DeVos, who ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the governorship in Michigan. He is the former president of Amway, which his father co-founded, and of the Orlando Magic NBA team. Her brother, Erik Prince, founded Blackwater, the controversial security firm. The family has given to a number of conservative and Christian organizations. While Betsy DeVos has served as chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, much of her work has been at the state level, and she will now have to, as Chalkbeat wrote, “operate within a complicated web of interests and priorities, including with education officials in states that did not support Trump.” Her ability to navigate Washington is largely untested.
5. The reaction to her nomination is mixed
DeVos’s selection as education secretary will please Republicans like Senator Lamar Alexander, who heads up the Senate’s education committee.
.@SenAlexander calls @BetsyDeVos an “excellent choice” by @realDonaldTrump to be his education secretary.
— Politics K-12 (@PoliticsK12) November 23, 2016
While there are many unknowns about Betsy DeVos I’m going w/ 2 thumbs up, especially considering the alternatives @PoliticsK12 @caitlinzemma pic.twitter.com/bRtaUFWxFV
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) November 23, 2016
But teachers’ unions see her support of charter schools and vouchers as an affront to public education, something Randi Weingarten, the head of one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions, quickly made clear.
.@randiweingarten calls DeVos the “most ideological, anti-public education nominee” since the start of the Ed Dpt.
— emma brown (@emmersbrown) November 23, 2016
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Oh, by the way …
Would you invite your enemies to your wedding (or rather your good friends)?
“the former senator (Hillary) did attend the businessman’s wedding to third wife Melania in 2005.”
Trump and the Clinton’s are known to be good friends.
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In summary:
– George Carlin: The American Dream (Video):
When will Joe BigMac realise he’s been played?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSpzTkvVFT8
Should be expected.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/jill-stein-election-recount-fund-michigan-wisconsin-pennsylvania
per Jim Stone….
GOOD AS OFFICIAL: TRUMP WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE JILL STEIN IS ORDERING RECOUNTS IN WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, AND PENNSYLVANIA
THEY CANT GET AWAY WITH HILLARY ORDERING THE RECOUNT, SO THEY ARE USING JILL STEIN. DURING THE RECOUNT, TRUMP WILL LOSE.
You thought they’d just let Trump walk right in and pull the plug on the swamp? WHAT A LAUGH, IT IS GAME OVER.
KISS IT GOODBYE
They could not swing the electoral college, so now team Hillary pinch hitter Jill Stein has now ensured a violent, bloody revolution.
I have been watching this, and the trolls are hitting it hard, saying everyone voted for Hillary and no one can believe any of those states went to Trump. And absolutely no comment is being allowed in any comment section that is speaking against this, or asking any questions at all about it. Total 100 percent controlled media smack down.
What’s happening to the Huffington Post?
Changing horses midstream? Or something more sinister.
The North Dakota Pipeline issue is an insult, not just to the Natives, but to the general population.
Globalised Corporatism is as corrupt as the banksters and cares not for either the environment or its occupants.
The North Dakota issue could so easily affect any State. Wake up America!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/standing-rock-sioux-tear-gas-thanksgiving_us_583496a3e4b000af95ece35d?wjz1i201zkpf8t1emi
A somewhat aggressively compiled analysis of the financial mess.
Economics is neither art or science, but nothing more than theories based on possible human behaviour and response.
It has been interfered with and aggrandised as justification for tax regimes and policies, but, at the end of the day is nothing more than theoretical bullshit.
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/11/21/online-lending-fiasco-credit-bubble-peak/
MERKEL DECLARES WAR ON “FAKE NEWS” AS EUROPE BRANDS RUSSIA’S RT, SPUTNIK “DANGEROUS PROPAGANDA”\
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Merkel_Declares_War_On_%22Fake_News%22_As_Europe_Brands_Russia%27s_RT%2C_Sputnik_%22Dangerous_Propaganda%22/55415/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Russia deploys anti-ship missiles on disputed isles off Hokkaido, Japan
https://triangulum-intel.com/2016/11/23/russia-deploys-anti-ship-missiles-on-disputed-isles-off-hokkaido-japan/
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/22/national/russia-deploys-anti-ship-missiles-disputed-isles-off-hokkaido/#.WDYt2NV96pp
OBAMA ADMIN FINES POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NOT HIRING NON-CITIZENS
Denver County’s sheriff office has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice (DOJ) because it refused to hire non-citizens as deputies.
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Obama_Admin_Fines_Police_Department_For_Not_Hiring_Non-Citizens/55411/0/38/38/Y/M.html