Tag: Betsy DeVos

The irony is obvious - taking money from the taxpaying public to destroy a vital public institution that, unlike charter schools, must take all comers.

“It’s Betsy Devos’s job to put students – not predatory colleges and the student loan industry – first.”

What Trump and DeVos are proposing in this budget is not only to take resources away from students, but to turn around and give more money to schools that would potentially discriminate against them.

It’s clear, no matter which company wins, the students lose.

“For someone to come and speak at my commencement that cannot relate to me or know what I have been through is kind of like a slap in the face.”

This petition is closed.

Students of higher education are joining together to stand up against U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump.

Narrowly confirmed after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate, DeVos is the first cabinet-level official to receive protection from the marshals service since 2009.

Betsy DeVos is the face of corporate reform, displaying in stark, unlovely form the processes that have been eating away at public education since the beginning of this century.

After years of retreat, it’s time for a different tactic in the war on education.