Armed with the hashtag #SchoolTrump, the Los Angeles teachers union announced a tweetstorm and school-site protests across the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), directed at President-Elect Donald Trump, to take place the day before his inauguration.
Incoming Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his fellow Democratic senators will aggressively target eight of President-elect Donald Trump’s “rigged Cabinet” picks, according to a report from the Washington Post.
President-elect Donald Trump changed the direction of the nation’s education conversation with a single name – Betsy DeVos. By nominating a champion of school choice and local control for Secretary of Education, Trump sent the teachers’ unions into panic.
“For nearly 30 years, Betsy DeVos has been leading the charge for expanded choice, improved quality and enhanced accountability in education,” the former CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce writes.
The Cardinal Newman Society is a vocal opponent of the Common Core standards in Catholic schools. In his column at the Newman Society, Matt Archbold writes, “As Catholics, we welcome all converts. Let’s hope DeVos’ conversion away from Common Core is genuine.”
As a former governor who has fought on the front lines for lower taxes, stronger borders and less government waste, I know what it means to fight on principle for the conservative values that make America great. That is why I am surprised to see some in our movement now questioning the conservative bona fides of Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Education.
New Mexico’s secretary of education is reportedly being considered for a top post in the Trump administration’s Education Department.
Doug Ross, also a former Democratic state senator from Betsy DeVos’ home state of Michigan, said in an interview with WJR AM 760 in Detroit that the nominee “clearly cares about children and their education,” displays a “moral commitment to make sure that low-income children have equal opportunity,” and that she is “knowledgeable.”
The education reform website founded by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown is supporting Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos with the disclaimer that DeVos’ family foundation provides funding for the site.
A member of the leadership team at Stop Common Core in Michigan says their activists are “not fooled” by Trump education secretary pick Betsy DeVos’s she is not a supporter of Common Core.
Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos joined him for a “Thank You” rally in her home state of Michigan where she told the crowd making education great again means “finally putting an end to the federal Common Core.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos has contributed both her wealth and influence to the creation of more charter schools in her home state of Michigan, but national test scores show the state has not fared well as a result, says a report in Politico.
Common Core and school choice proponent Jeb Bush says he is “so excited” that President-elect Donald Trump chose billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos as his education secretary nominee.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was a guest on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily, where he joined SiriusXM host Matt Boyle in critiquing the legacy media’s coverage of the 2016 election.
Dr. Larry Arnn explains that because Hillsdale rejects federal funding, it enjoys the freedom to teach its students what they need to know without interference and mandates from the centralized bureaucracy that is the U.S. Department of Education.
Leaders of the Michigan grassroots group battling the highly unpopular Common Core standards reform are urging President-elect Donald Trump to “drain the swamp” and “pull the plug” on his education secretary pick, Betsy DeVos.
President-elect Donald Trump’s education secretary choice Betsy DeVos backed Marco Rubio during the GOP primary race, referring to Trump as an “interloper” who would never become the Republican Party’s nominee.
Michigan supporters of the Common Core standards are praising President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head up the U.S. Department of Education.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” school choice advocate, former Obama education transition team member, the Education Policy Committee for Obama’s 2008 campaign, and former DC City Councilman Kevin Chavous (D) praised Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is praising President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Betsy DeVos to run the Department of Education.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer praised President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education. Krauthammer said the pick is “very encouraging.” And Trump’s “way of saying that
Anti-Common Core grassroots groups of parents and teachers urged Donald Trump to abandon DeVos as his choice, citing her support for the education reform policies of pro-Common Core Jeb Bush and her influence through the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) in favor of Common Core.
Michigan Republican mega donor Betsy DeVos, whose husband’s family founded Amway, is reported to be on President-elect Donald Trump’s short list of candidates to head up the U.S. Department of Education.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came out fighting for school vouchers Monday at a national conference of education reform advocates, where Walker said vouchers are a “moral and economic imperative.”
