School vouchers would be painful to public sphere

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January 24, 2017 - 12:00 AM

Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, has many educators screaming foul.

Her nomination, said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, “makes it loud and clear that her education policy will focus on privatizing, defunding and destroying public education in America.” A very severe indictment.

Why do educators think so? The conservative billionaire is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. The DeVos family — her father-in-law is co-founder of Amway, her brother founder of Blackwater, the mercenary security firm — has donated at least $200 million to right-wing causes. 

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