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Calls have included asking representatives to vote against Betsy DeVos's nomination for secretary of education or asking Customs and Border Control to voice concern over President Trump's suspension of refugee immigration.
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A new administration's nominee for Secretary of Education doesn't usually steal the show.
He squandered three quarters of a billion in Race to the Middle funding with nothing for NY State to show for it — and for that he gets nominated for Secretary of Education.
(CNN)- A Democratic source confirms to CNN that President - elect Barack Obama's choice for secretary of education is Arne Duncan, the head of Chicago public schools.
Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, will put the brakes on the contentious Common Core standards if she is confirmed by the Senate.
She previously served as senior research associate of the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Youth and as a member of the Reading First Advisory Committee for the Secretary of Education in the U.S. Department of Education.
As the Senate, and the American people, considers her nomination for Secretary of Education, this fact should matter.
«Ever since George W. Bush said he would be seeking the presidential nomination, there were people in Houston saying Rod was a likely candidate for secretary of education,» according to McAdams.
Three, it's hard to fathom why anyone would imagine it appropriate or desirable for the Secretary of Education to require states to adopt particular teacher and administrator evaluation policies, especially at this time.
For a secretary of education, that means doing all you can to strengthen and improve public education.
He highlights, first, that President - elect Trump repeatedly spoke against Common Core during the campaign, that his selection for Secretary of Education suggests a decentralized approach to K - 12 policymaking, that many states have recently shown a desire to rethink testing, and that the GOP controls more and more state governments.
Knox County teachers, parents and community members railed against President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, at a Tuesday evening meeting, lambasting her as «categorically unqualified» and attacking her policy positions.
Democratic leaders from across the country, some representing some of the nation's most troubled schools, have come together to announce their support for Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.
I want all members of the HELP Committee to know that I would like them to strongly oppose the appointment of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.
President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Education Betsy DeVos appeared Tuesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
The topic was related to the controversy then occurring on the nomination of Ms. Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.
But the unabashed embrace she's received from many of them as nominee for Secretary of Education is hurting the charter school brand and all of us who are working to sustain an innovative sector of autonomous and accountable public schools.
Support Betsy DeVos For Secretary Of Education January 2, 2017 by Grant Callen As education reformers and school choice supporters, we now have an unprecedented opportunity to express support for one of our own to become the U.S. Secretary of Education.
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions voted today to confirm Betsy DeVos» nomination for Secretary of Education.
Education Secretary Confirmation Hearing Betsy DeVos testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on her nomination for secretary of education in the Trump administration.
«Several civil rights and education advocacy groups have a simple message for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,» reports Education Week's Andrew Ujifusa.
President Trump's efforts to scale back the role of the Department of Education began soon after his election, when he announced his intention to nominate Betsy DeVos for secretary of education.
Education is a key part of the solution to every challenge facing the country and the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the more than 90,000 school board members are ready to work with Betsy DeVos, President - elect Donald J. Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education to ensure every child has an opportunity to realize their potential.
Lately, school - choice foes have trained their fire on President - elect Trump's selection for Secretary of Education — Betsy DeVos.
Ever since President - Elect Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education, the biggest objection to her nomination has hinged on her support for charter schools and school vouchers.
Our President - Elect seems to disregard the value of public education as he supports a nominee for Secretary of Education who advocates for plans of «school choice» that will shift undetermined tax - payer dollars out of public education.
It's another to rally against his policies, which we assume will be what his nominee for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has endorsed in the past.
At the summit, during which Walker and five other GOP presidential candidates answered questions about education policy, Walker was asked if he had anyone in mind for secretary of education, who he listens to, who influences his thinking on education policy and who has «inspired» him «to take on some of these fights.»
Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of education has financed dozens of national, state and local elections to push what has been proven to be harmful education policy.
But Democrats have to stop acting like Trump's election is the worst thing for America when they've already co-signed his policies and his nominee for secretary of education.
The addition of my own remarks will be noted in brackets [VMY]... Please consider his thoughts and the question he has for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos...
«It's hard to imagine a less qualified candidate for secretary of education than Betsy DeVos,» said Cheryl Lake, a third - grade teacher from Michigan.
From DFER National President Shavar Jeffries: On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate HELP Committee will convene the confirmation hearing for Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, conservative activist Betsy DeVos.
Betsy DeVos could be Trump nominee for secretary of education.
«We congratulate her [Betsy DeVos] on being nominated for Secretary of Education, and we look forward to working with her,» said Louisiana State Superintendent John White after the news broke of DeVos» nomination.
President - elect Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos, his choice for secretary of Education, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DFER Statement on the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Education - Designate Betsy DeVos DFER National President Shavar Jeffries calls for clarity on DeVos» strategy, tactics to end severe disparities in...
President - elect Donald Trump on Saturday heaped praise on Sacramento first lady Michelle Rhee, considered a candidate for secretary of education, as well as her husband, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who accompanied Rhee to an afternoon meeting with Trump in New Jersey.
NEW ORLEANS — Betsy DeVos, the Michigan philanthropist Donald Trump has selected for secretary of education, talks about unleashing a «revolution» in K - 12 public education.
AFT president, Clinton BFF and reportedly her favorite candidate for Secretary of Education Randi Weingarten added, «Today's speech on education repeats the same flawed ideology anti-public education zealots have been shilling for years.
Betsy Devos has drawn few headlines in recent months, and that is a good thing for the Secretary of Education.
The unprecedented number of calls and emails U.S. senators have received in opposition to the nomination of Betsy DeVos for secretary of education make it clear that teachers understand the outsized role that policy and politics can play in their classrooms.
In his confirmation hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the then designee for Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, testified: «Quality education... is the civil rights issue of our generation.
Trump's billionaire nominee for secretary of education has stirred up debate about the effectiveness of school choice.
President - Elect Trump's selection of philanthropist and long - time school choice advocate Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education has the public education establishment and its allies in panic mode.
It's urgent that we are on the record calling for a secretary of education who actually supports public education.
November 23, 2016 Contact: Don Cooper For Immediate Release (989) 317-3510 Mt. Pleasant, MI — James N. Goenner, Ph.D., President and CEO of the National Charter Schools Institute, released the following statement today: «Betsy DeVos is an inspiring champion for children and a bold choice for Secretary of Education.
You're inspired, you're passionate, you've just received your invitation for an in - depth interview and you're ready to sell your experience about why you're going to make an exceptional Fellow, but... BUT you're not really sure why Betsy DeVos was a controversial choice for Secretary of Education, the argument between charter school vs traditional public school vs school vouchers alludes you, and you once thought Common Core was a pilates ab workout.
After floating a raft of names — from former rival and now designated Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson to New York City charter magnate Eva Moskowitz to former Washington D.C. School Chancellor and Patron Saint of Firing Teachers Michelle Rhee to actually qualified school choice advocate and Hoover Institute Fellow Dr. Williamson Evers — Donald Trump has settled upon Michigan billionaire and school privatization zealot Betsy DeVos as his nominee for Secretary of Education.
The education philosophy of President Trump and his nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos is squarely situated in the school choice movement.