The U.S. Department of Education announced nine new hires Wednesday evening, including chief of staff to Secretary Betsy DeVos. None of the staffers, many of whom worked in the department during the George W. Bush administration, require Senate confirmation. Fourteen senior positions that do require hearings are still open. Carlos Muñiz has been nominated to … Continue reading Meet the 9 New Staffers Tapped to Fill Key Roles In Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education | The 74
Federal Education Grant For New Charter Schools Continues to Discriminate Against Private For-Profit Education Management Organizations
The U.S. Department of Education released a new charter school grant competition that would make available millions of new dollars for states to spur the creation of new high quality charter schools. While this grant program is welcomed, it nevertheless continues the previous administrations' discrimination against for-profit education management organizations (EMOs). Here's the link for … Continue reading Federal Education Grant For New Charter Schools Continues to Discriminate Against Private For-Profit Education Management Organizations
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ Prepared Remarks to the Brookings Institution
Remarks delivered March 29, 2017. Thank you, Russ, for that kind introduction, and thank you for your work to develop this important report. And thank you to all of you for taking the time to come here today.This report focuses on something everyone here knows I’m passionate about: increasing education options for parents and students. … Continue reading U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ Prepared Remarks to the Brookings Institution
Have education writers and journalists lost their good senses by over-analyzing and taking simple analogies too literal?
An article written by Madison Gray in the EducationPost, posted March 29, 2017, titled "Betsy, Can We Really ‘Uber’-ize Public Education? Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea," takes what Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said during a keynote address at the Brookings Institution for the Center on Children and Families’ out of context. The event marked … Continue reading Have education writers and journalists lost their good senses by over-analyzing and taking simple analogies too literal?
Secretary DeVos, please ignore advice from timid conservatives ensconced in Ivory Tower think tanks
"U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos came to Washington to push the USA’s public education system to support not just public schools but private and religious schools as well." "While school choice advocates steadfastly support the federal government underwriting small private-school voucher efforts in places like Washington, D.C., and in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, … Continue reading Secretary DeVos, please ignore advice from timid conservatives ensconced in Ivory Tower think tanks
The Case for Eliminating the Federal Department of Education
The Cato Institute, a free-market libertarian think tank based in Washington DC, created a provocative video making the case for the illumination of the US Department of Education. While we do not totally agree with a full and complete elimination of the federal government's role in education, we do believe that education is better coordinated … Continue reading The Case for Eliminating the Federal Department of Education
School Choice and Trump’s Budget: A win for us parents
Donald Trump’s preliminary budget proposes federal cuts for education but includes new money, about $1.4 billion, for both charter schools and private school choice. Q&A with Martin West at the Association for Education Policy and Finance. Source: School Choice and Trump's Budget - Education Next : Education Next
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