Sentences with phrase «devos at her confirmation hearing»
Senator Al Franken grilled DeVos at her confirmation hearing, drawing out her jaw - dropping ignorance of federal programs.
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Arizona school choice alum travels to DC to support Betsy DeVos at confirmation hearing http://bit.ly/2iFXKAl
Not exact matches
«If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving federal funds to different standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.
When DeVos used the expression at CPAC, she was referring to an exchange that took place with Senator Bernie Sanders during her confirmation hearing, in which Sanders asked if she supported his proposal for tuition - free public college education and she replied: «I think we also have to consider the fact that there's nothing in life that is truly free — somebody is going to pay for it.»
DeVos echoed that doctrine at her confirmation hearing: «It won't be Washington, D.C., that unlocks our nation's potential....
McShane discusses the article, and the topics likely to be raised at DeVos's confirmation hearing, in this week's episode of the EdNext podcast.
Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
[From Answer Sheet: Six astonishing things Betsy DeVos said — and refused to say — at her confirmation hearing]
Fox News: Trump education pick DeVos promotes school choice at confirmation hearing http://fxn.ws/2jlmYRi
Attendees also excoriated DeVos for asserting at her confirmation hearing that states should have the right to choose whether to enforce the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a piece of legislation that allows students with disabilities to receive an education tailored to their needs.
DeVos» confirmation hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan 11 at 9 a.m. Click here and save this link if you want to watch live.
The 74 reports that the «familiar battles that have surrounded Education Secretary Betsy DeVos since her own contentious confirmation,» — from school choice, to ESSA, to Title IX — were front and center again at a recent Senate confirmation hearing for two top Education Department nominees.
This is the issue behind the revealing exchange between DeVos and Sen. Tim Kaine (D - VA) at her confirmation hearing in which she refused to say that all schools receiving federal aid should be held to the same accountability standards and IDEA requirements.
Education Secretary - designate Betsy DeVos testified at her confirmation hearing in Washington that private, charter and other schools should be options if public schools aren't performing.
It was one of many tense moments at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos» confirmation hearing this year.
At her confirmation hearing, DeVos refused to say whether she would deny federal funds to private schools that discriminate against students based on sexuality, race or special needs.
DeVos's oversight — or slight — came as no surprise given her admitted lack of awareness of the federal special education law at her confirmation hearing.
The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union, said that 1 million people had used its online tool to email senators to oppose DeVos, and that at least 50,000 people had made phone calls since her rocky confirmation hearing.
Secretary DeVos raised eyebrows at her confirmation hearing when she skirted the question of «equal accountability» for all schools as poised by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia:
Good Morning Betsy DeVos» confirmation hearing was formally scheduled, the hearing is Wednesday, Jan 11 at 9 a.m. Click here and save this link if you want to watch live.
Betsy DeVos» confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions begins today at 4:00 p.m. CT..