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Mulgrew said the work the union and its members did to help shape the state budget should help protect New York City public schools from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her privatization agenda.

In a news release Thursday, the group said the People's March for Education Justice will focus on the similarities between the Trump - DeVos agenda on public education and Governor AndrewEducation Justice will focus on the similarities between the Trump - DeVos agenda on public education and Governor Andreweducation and Governor Andrew Cuomo's.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said today he won't downplay the potential impact of the pro-school voucher stances of President - elect Donald Trump's Education Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos, but he predicted that the city's education initiatives won't be affected and that it won't be «easy» for her to push heEducation Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos, but he predicted that the city's education initiatives won't be affected and that it won't be «easy» for her to push heeducation initiatives won't be affected and that it won't be «easy» for her to push her agenda.

His guests will include two Michigan residents who will talk about the damage to their state's public schools caused by the DeVos privatization agenda — Detroit parent activist Wytrice Harris and outgoing president of the Michigan State Board of Education John Austin.»

The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education guarantees that school choice will remain a key component of the education policy agenda in 2017, as public charter schools continue to expand and state and federal policymakers implement or consider policies to expand access to private schools.

Congressman Robert Pittenger said Friday that he wants U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to look into reports that schools are indoctrinating students with an anti-gun political agenda.

Despite fears she would «destroy public education,» DeVos's K — 12 agenda has proven almost completely ineffectual.

Meanwhile, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been busy fulfilling her conservative agenda that seeks to broaden school choice and market - based schooling in pre-K through higher eEducation Betsy DeVos has been busy fulfilling her conservative agenda that seeks to broaden school choice and market - based schooling in pre-K through higher educationeducation.

They also think that their ties to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (as well as the support they receive from her family's foundations) gives them an edge in making their agenda a reality.

However, DeVos strived to overcome this clear rejection of her agenda by spending her first year in office trying to fulfill Trump's campaign promise to eliminate the Department of Education.

Elizabeth Mann, a fellow in governance studies at Brookings, discussed the impact that ESSA will have on Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos» educatioEducation Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos» educationeducation agenda.

Reports that Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools took action after principal's pro-gun remarks prompts Congressman Robert Pittenger to write U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about schools indoctrinating students with an anti-gun agenda.

That seemed to resonate, but it obscured an agenda Melvoin's backers have spent years and millions of dollars advancing, one that Trump's education secretary Betsy DeVos shares: the school choice marketplace not just as the means, but as the goal.

The DeVos interventions are not about improving public education; they are about pushing a political agenda that is rooted in ideological obsessions rather than an understanding of how to improve schools.

DeVos and her ilk have succeeded in politicizing the education debate to such an extent that historically nonpartisan contests have seen clear divides between candidates who defend public education (and are often backed by Democrats, progressives and teacher unions) and candidates who align with the DeVos agenda (and who are often backed by Republicans, social conservatives and corporate interests that favor privatization).

Rossmiller said he could see DeVos changing the rules for federal money sent to public school districts for students living in poverty to allowing that money to follow the student if they leave a public school and enroll in a private school — a hallmark of Trump's education agenda.

In five months as the nation's education policy director, DeVos hasn't held a press conference, has blown off an invitation to speak at the Education Writers Association convention in May, hasn't discussed her agenda for the nation's schools with the mainstream media, and avoids unscripted contact with reporters like theducation policy director, DeVos hasn't held a press conference, has blown off an invitation to speak at the Education Writers Association convention in May, hasn't discussed her agenda for the nation's schools with the mainstream media, and avoids unscripted contact with reporters like thEducation Writers Association convention in May, hasn't discussed her agenda for the nation's schools with the mainstream media, and avoids unscripted contact with reporters like the plague.

There will be 36 gubernatorial elections in 2018, and some candidates have received contributions from DeVos and her family, while others are unabashed supporters of her agenda to drain scarce funding from public schools to give to private and charter schools in the form of vouchers or education tax credits.

Indianapolis, Ind. — Education secretary Betsy DeVos addressed a crowd of several hundred this evening at a national policy summit, introducing the basic elements of President Donald Trump's proposed school - choice agenda, which she called the most ambitious in history.

All of those students were able to succeed as a result of states that allowed for education freedom, and according to DeVos, the Trump administration's new school - choice agenda will give even more American children access to that freedom, too.

While unlikely to alter DeVos's views on school choice, the results of the study are likely to add another layer of complexity to the school - choice debate — and another reason for Democrats to attempt to thwart the Trump administration's education agenda.

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos» agenda to further privatize education would leave even fewer good schools for low - income black and brown Education Betsy DeVos» agenda to further privatize education would leave even fewer good schools for low - income black and brown education would leave even fewer good schools for low - income black and brown students.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos met privately with the nation's 50 top teachers on April 30th, only to get an earful from them about how her policy agenda is threatening public schools.

In addition to our weekly «This Week in Education Organizing» newsblast, AROS is starting a new email string specifically on news about Betsy DeVos's agenda and appearances.

Twenty cities took part in coordinated actions on September 20th to express our opposition to the Trump / DeVos agenda of cuts to public education, vouchers and privatization.

Through her family's fortune and conservative political connections, Betsy DeVos has targeted public education and pushed a right - wing school choice agenda for decades.

The misguided push for «reform» is currently being led not by Obama and Duncan, but by Trump and DeVos, giving Democrats an opening to shift their agenda on education.

Devos» agenda is to break the public education system, not educate kids, and replace it with a for - profit model.»

The choice of Betsy DeVos as education secretary reinforces Trump's school choice agenda.

«Americans across the nation drove a bipartisan repudiation of the Trump - DeVos agenda for students and public education.

They are joining the fight for education justice, and have already jumped in with thousands of feet, as we continue our summer «fight - back» against the Trump - DeVos agenda.

So Collett seems like the perfect choice for DeVos and her agenda, and also for helping Bill Gates go about the business of creating special education charters.