Sentences with phrase «praised public magnet schools»

Not exact matches

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet schools, which are public schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original school choice option.»

The Education Secretary went on to praise magnet schools, a form of non-charter public school choice, for their role in combating segregation.