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Betsy DeVos: A Radical Destroying The Cornerstone of America, by Diane Ravitch

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No, Betsy DeVos is not qualified to be Secretary of Education ...
No, Betsy DeVos is not qualified to be Secretary of Education ...
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"Today, the U.S. Senate  will consider the nomination of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education. She is ignorant of the history of public education in America and the role of public schools in our society & has devoted many millions of dollars to destroying public schools. She wants the government to pay tuition at religious schools, voucher schools, for-profit schools, any alternative to public schools!. American public education is one of the essential institutions of our democratic society, with a guarantee to everyone in this country to attend a free public school -- which was a hard-fought victory, requiring the separation of schools from religious institutions, which had long been the source of education, and expanding access to all to children of all races and cultures! Her hostility to public schools should disqualify her from consideration for this position"

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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