Chief Justice Roberts famously wrote that “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
That simple and correct formulation exposes how racial discrimination in the name of anti-racial discrimination perpetuates the problem. It’s a problem inherent in affirmative action based on race,...
When I taught high school English, I realized that education is best handled as locally as possible and developed a hatred for the Department of Education. I’ve often said I would abolish that department immediately if I ever became president.
This may be the first step in the right direction. The White...
No one gave Obama’s education secretary a second thought but DeVos has been an object of the left’s hatred of Trump. She recently got a great reception for a commencement speech, however.
The College Fix reports:
Despite protest, Betsy DeVos grad speech draws standing ovation from students
There’s this famous story about how Barbara...
Teacher unions on the other hand, are all about caring for the children, right? Please.
The College Fix reports:
Teachers union president: Betsy DeVos ‘in her heart doesn’t care about children’
The president...
She deserves credit and praise for this, not that anyone on the left will give it to her.
FOX News reports:
DeVos donates salary to education, special needs charities
A spokeswoman says Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will donate her nearly $200,000 salary to four charities focusing on education and special needs.
Department spokeswoman Liz Hill...
This is great news. It also explains why she drives big government liberals insane.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Betsy DeVos looks to curb federal ‘overreach’ in education
The Department of Education has its sights set on regulatory reform in 2018. Led by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who often speaks out against what she...
It’s good to hear someone in government talking about this. The debt is massive and keeps growing.
The Daily Caller reports:
DeVos Announces Rules Protecting Taxpayers From ‘Massive’ Student Loan Costs
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced rules protecting taxpayers from “massive” student loan costs Wednesday.
The Department of Education (DOE) unveiled a tiered relief system...
Betsy DeVos is bringing student loans into the 21st century. At least, the process of getting them through technology.
The Daily Caller reports:
DeVos Announces Mobile App For Student Aid Requests
Applying for federal student financial aid on a smartphone will soon be a reality, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Tuesday.
DeVos explained that she...
The Obama administration expanded investigations, looking for systemic problems. Under Betsy DeVos, investigations will be limited to specific cases.
FOX News reports:
Education Department considers narrowing civil rights work
The Education Department wants to narrow the scope of civil rights investigations at schools, focusing on individual complaints rather than systemic problems, according to a...
I saw it on Facebook. So it *must* be true. Betsy DeVos’s days are numbered, she’s on her way out, the swamp won.
The rumor was given a big boost when Salon.com ran an Alternet story about it.
In the wake of the (legitimate) controversy about HHS Secretary Tom Price using public funds for private plane travel, the AP published an article entitled, “Education Secretary DeVos uses private plane for work travel.” They bury the fact that she pays for this travel with her own, not taxpayer, monies.
We previously reported on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s major policy speech in which she promised a departure from the Obama-era guidance on how universities and colleges must handle sexual...
You have to give DeVos credit for putting herself out there so often. She has to know this is going to happen.
The Baltimore Sun reports:
University of Baltimore students protest Betsy DeVos as fall commencement speaker
University of Baltimore president Kurt Schmoke defended his decision...
Early Thursday afternoon, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will make an announcement regarding changes to Title IX enforcement.
In a recent column at National Review, Tiana Lowe suggests Betsy DeVos should end this practice once and for all.
Dear Betsy: End the Kafkaesque Kangaroo Courts of Title IX
Of all of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees, few have attracted as much ire as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Nor does any other Trump...
This is refreshing. Why do we always seem to have a ‘one size fits all’ approach?
From Real Clear Education:
DeVos in Denver: Education Policy Best Left to States
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addressed a friendly gathering of conservative state legislators Thursday and promised to minimize the federal government’s role in education policy and...
Social justice warriors really have their claws out for DeVos. Do you remember hearing such rhetoric about any other education secretary, ever?
Campus Reform reports:
Prof calls DeVos ‘a powerful handmaiden’ to the ‘patriarchy’
A University of Kentucky lecturer recently blasted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as a “powerful handmaiden” to the “patriarchy”...
