Betsy DeVos Turned Away From School by Protesters Yelling ‘Shame’

Despite the win, DeVos emerged bruised from the highly divisive nomination fight. There is little question that with the lack of any educational experience and her radical ideas on education that DeVos will add to that chaos. At one point, she said schools should be allowed to have guns if their districts wanted, citing the threat of grizzly bears in Wyoming.

The union, who said they did not support DeVos’ nomination, stated they hoped she would be successful. Who is responsible for the disrespect: Trump or the pastor? “We welcome Betsy DeVos & anyone who wants to learn more about our schools”, she wrote. Sullivan said charter schools can show good improvements if they are run well, but “it takes a lot of money to run a good charter school and it also takes a lot accountability – and I don’t think you’re going to see that”.

The quality of schools and instruction in Buffalo Public Schools has gotten much better over the past few years.

In 2001, she stated: “There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is now the need in education”. Collins, but I will not cross party lines to support her in the future.

“Go back”, the protestor yells and she enters the vehicle”.

DeVos herself told reporters her visit was “awesome”.

Davis tweeted about the scheduled visit on Twitter Thursday, and urged parents and teachers to show up to “say “NO” to privatization of our schools”.

“My fear is that it’ll be segregating the school systems all over again“.

This may be the “new normal” under the Trump administration.

“I want to support our local public schools, make sure that everybody gets fair treatment under the system and I don’t feel like that’s where we are headed with our new education person”, Ibrahim said.

Jefferson Middle School Academy is considered one of the most outstanding schools in the nation’s capital.

Following the visit, DeVos issued a statement thanking D.C. school officials, teachers and students for welcoming her and stressing that she believes a focus on students and families “is at the heart of providing an exceptional education”. Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the Education Committee. The concern for many of these activists boils down to this: While choice may be desirable, it is not feasible when big government imposes uniform requirements on all schools for such central policies as curricula, testing, and teacher evaluation.