Education Association Slams Trump’s “Anti-Common Core” Nominee For Education Secretary
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Nov 23, 2016
Continuing his announcements of cabinet appointees, Donald Trump said he is nominating Betsy DeVos for Education secretary – a billionaire GOP donor, she also once served as head of the Michigan Republican Party. In a statement Wednesday, Trump called DeVos a “brilliant and passionate education advocate.”
“Under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families. I am pleased to nominate Betsy as Secretary of the Department of Education,” Trump said.
She is the current chairwoman of the American Federation for Children, an education advocacy group pushing school choice policies.
DeVos said she was “honored” and vowed to work with the president-elect on his “vision to make American education great again.” She said in a statement that “the status quo in education is not acceptable” and added that “together, we can work to make transformational change that ensures every student in America has the opportunity to fulfill his or her highest potential.
DeVos could face scrutiny from conservatives over her past support for Common Core educational standards.
DeVos is a vocal advocate of school choice and vouchers to allow parents to send their children to alternative schools. Clearly, those policies are strongly opposed by teachers unions, and as the president of the National Education Association, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, tweeted, “nominating Betsy DeVos shows just how out of touch @realdonaldtrump is with what works best for students, parents, educators & communities.”
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