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Betsy DeVos Is Treating American Children Like ‘Lab Rats,’ Writer Says

Betsy DeVos Is Treating American Children Like ‘Lab Rats,’ Writer Says

In a Sunday piece for Raw Story, writer Terry H. Schwadron took aim at Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, for her recent push to open schools amid the coronavirus pandemic and accused her of treating American children like “lab rats.” Schwadron noted DeVos’ apparent agreement with the president’s push to reopen America’s educational […]

3y ago

Joe Biden Takes Aim At Trump Administration’s Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos

Joe Biden Takes Aim At Trump Administration’s Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for the upcoming presidential election, continues to take aim at incumbent President Donald Trump and his administration on social media. His latest target was U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who Biden condemned via Twitter on Wednesday for her lack of a background in public […]

3y ago

Donald Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Bill That Would Have Eased Rules On Student Loan Forgiveness

Donald Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Bill That Would Have Eased Rules On Student Loan Forgiveness

President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have overturned newly-issued regulations that restrict access to student loan forgiveness. It’s the first domestic veto that Trump has issued and it places him on the side of his Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. As Politico reports, the veto enables DeVos to impost controversial rules that make […]

3y ago

Donald Trump Tweets ‘We Are Investing Greatly’ In Schools, But His Budget Slashes School Funding By 20 Percent

Donald Trump Tweets ‘We Are Investing Greatly’ In Schools, But His Budget Slashes School Funding By 20 Percent

President Donald Trump defended his administration’s education spending policies in a post made to his Twitter account on Thursday afternoon. In the tweet, Trump condemned “Fake News” reports that the Department of Education — led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos — was planning to close “hundreds” of rural schools. In the tweet, Trump also went […]

4y ago

Attorneys General From 47 States Call On Betsy DeVos To Forgive Student Loans For Disabled Veterans

Attorneys General From 47 States Call On Betsy DeVos To Forgive Student Loans For Disabled Veterans

Attorneys general representing 47 states have called on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to forgive the student loan debt of more than 42,000 U.S. service veterans who became permanently disabled through military service. As Reuters reported, the total student loan debt held by this group is more than $1 billion, and the attorneys general want to […]

4y ago

The White House, Not Betsy DeVos, Wanted To Cut Special Olympics Funding

The White House, Not Betsy DeVos, Wanted To Cut Special Olympics Funding

Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Secretary, has been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism for her proposal to cut down the funding of Special Olympics. As reported by CNBC, DeVos struggled to defend the $18 million cut during congressional hearings this week, saying it only represented a fraction of the “tough choices” her […]

5y ago

Donald Trump Overrides DeVos On Special Olympics Funding

Donald Trump Overrides DeVos On Special Olympics Funding

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would authorize federal funding for the Special Olympics, seemingly undercutting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposal to cut government backing of the program. Trump made the announcement as he left the White House on his way to a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. USA Today reported that the president […]

5y ago

DeVos Proposes Ending Federal Spending On Special Olympics And Cuts To Other Education Programs

DeVos Proposes Ending Federal Spending On Special Olympics And Cuts To Other Education Programs

It was another hard day on the Hill today for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee, she had to defend the Trump administration’s cuts to federal spending on education for the third year in a row. The Chairman of the committee, Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, began today’s hearing by […]

5y ago

Trump’s Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, Illegally Delayed Rule Addressing Racial Inequalities, Judge Rules

Trump’s Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, Illegally Delayed Rule Addressing Racial Inequalities, Judge Rules

Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education, illegally delayed enforcing an Obama-era rule made to address the racial discrimination in special education programs, ruled a federal judge on Friday. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia called DeVos’ plan to delay the enforcement “arbitrary and capricious,” according to […]

5y ago

New Democratic Congress Planning To Investigate Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

New Democratic Congress Planning To Investigate Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

It looks like Betsy DeVos is in the crosshairs of the new majority-Democrat House of Representatives. Politico reports that several committees in the House are planning to investigate the Trump administration’s Education Secretary. According to the article, the House is laser-focused on DeVos for making significant changes to Obama-era education policies that they deem harmful […]

5y ago

Betsy DeVos Proposes New Rules Regarding Sexual Assault On College Campuses

Betsy DeVos Proposes New Rules Regarding Sexual Assault On College Campuses

New rules have been proposed by the Trump administration on Friday regarding sexual assault on college campuses, ABC News is reporting. According to a government survey, one in four female college seniors has experienced unwanted and non-consensual sexual contact since entering college. The Obama administration already had rules in place for situations such as these, […]

5y ago

Betsy DeVos Loses Lawsuit, Cannot Delay Student Loan Protections Any Longer

Betsy DeVos Loses Lawsuit, Cannot Delay Student Loan Protections Any Longer

A federal judge has spoken, and student borrowers can rejoice. NPR reports that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos can no longer delay an important rule that protects student borrowers. The judge called attempts to delay it improper and unlawful. The lawsuit was presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Randall Moss, and involved several parties. Essentially, […]

5y ago

Some Sexual Abuse Survivors Upset Over Betsy DeVos’ Proposal

Some Sexual Abuse Survivors Upset Over Betsy DeVos’ Proposal

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is creating new rules regarding campus sexual misconduct. These new policies would strengthen the rights of the accused students and reduce the liability of higher education institutions, while also promoting more school-based support for the victims, according to the Washington Examiner. One of the changes would include the adoption of a […]

5y ago

Betsy DeVos To Consider Allowing Schools To Buy Guns With Federal Money

Betsy DeVos To Consider Allowing Schools To Buy Guns With Federal Money

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is looking into allowing states to use federal funding to purchase firearms for educators, the New York Times reported. The move would reverse a longstanding position from the federal government that it would not pay to give schools weapons. The plan would undermine efforts made by Congress to restrict the use […]

5y ago

Betsy DeVos’ $40 Million Yacht Untied And Set Adrift By Vandals

Betsy DeVos’ $40 Million Yacht Untied And Set Adrift By Vandals

A $40 million private yacht owned by Trump Secretary of Education appointee Betsy DeVos was untied and set adrift by vandals in Ohio, CBS News is reporting. The 163-foot yacht, named the SeaQuest, is one of at least 10 luxury yachts owned by the DeVos family. The sailing vessel was moored at a dock in […]

5y ago

Parkland Shooting Survivors Slam Betsy DeVos For Doing Nothing About Gun Violence And Exploiting The Tragedy

Parkland Shooting Survivors Slam Betsy DeVos For Doing Nothing About Gun Violence And Exploiting The Tragedy

On Sunday morning, two Parkland survivors-turned-activists announced their “Road to Change” bus tour. The initiative aims to push youth voter registration as a means to pass gun control legislation. MSNBC’s AM Joy host Joy Reid interviewed Ryan Deitsch and Jaclyn Corin about their two-month campaign and learned that they were none-too-impressed with U.S. Secretary of […]

5y ago

Top Dems Denounce Betsy DeVos’ Move To End Student Aid Enforcement Unit’s Investigations

Top Dems Denounce Betsy DeVos’ Move To End Student Aid Enforcement Unit’s Investigations

Democrat senators have urged the Department of Education to reverse course on the dismantling of the Student Aid Enforcement Unit’s investigations. The senators wrote to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, asking her to uphold her commitment to hold colleges accountable for misleading, cheating, or defrauding students. The letter, according to a recent press release, was signed […]

6y ago

GAO Report Indicates Black Students Far More Likely To Be Suspended Than White Students

GAO Report Indicates Black Students Far More Likely To Be Suspended Than White Students

Black students are far more likely to receive disciplinary action than their white counterparts, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued Wednesday. The issuance of the investigative report comes at a time when Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the Trump Administration are examining whether steps taken by the Obama Administration to […]

6y ago

‘SNL’s Kate McKinnon Channels Betsy DeVos On ‘Weekend Update’ To Explain Panned ’60 Minutes’ Interview

‘SNL’s Kate McKinnon Channels Betsy DeVos On ‘Weekend Update’ To Explain Panned ’60 Minutes’ Interview

Kate McKinnon is an SNL veteran that can twist any character at any time, and she did it again with her portrayal of Betsy DeVos. According to Hollywood Life, McKinnon’s DeVos skit was featured during the show’s “Weekend Update.” The biggest issue that was covered in the skit was the education secretary’s stances in her […]

6y ago

Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Visits Parkland Students, Doesn’t Get Warm Welcome

Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Visits Parkland Students, Doesn’t Get Warm Welcome

Donald Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in an event that was closed to the media but closely observed by teenagers at the school and documented on social media. She didn’t receive a warm welcome. As Variety reports, DeVos stopped by the school exactly three weeks to […]

6y ago

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