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“He’s not Betsy DeVos, and every educator in America, or almost every educator, will be thrilled about that.”

The Trump administration believes pushing for a nationwide open for in-person classes come fall will be a critical move to just-start the suffering economy. The Trump administration believes pushing for a nationwide open for in-person classes come fall will be a critical move to just-start the suffering economy.

What happens in the short-term will certainly be determined within the next several weeks. How institutions will deal with the longer-term impacts of this crisis are yet to be seen.

"All regions of our country and rural and metropolitan areas alike have changing patterns of segregation that demand the public’s attention and action."

"The United States, as the wealthiest country in history, should have the best education system in the world...sadly, that is not the case today."

They’re certainly doing a good job of burning down public education.

Surveys find that Americans have increased confidence in public schools while support for charter schools has dropped by double digit percentages among Democrats and Republicans.

“It’s going to be a profit boom for charter schools, and it’s going to hasten the demise of traditional public schools.”

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.

At best international rankings are a distraction – but basing policies on the rankings while ignoring the more important evidence these international surveys present is unlikely to address the key issue of inequity in our system.