HOW BETSY DeVOS IS SELECTED BY PRES.-ELECT TRUMP TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN NEW ADMINISTRATION (2199 hits)
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Betsy DeVos, charter school advocate, is Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education
President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate Betsy DeVos, a billionaire and school choice advocate, as his secretary of education.
"Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate," Trump said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. "Under her leadership, we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families."
DeVos is the former chair of the Michigan Republican Party and currently heads the American Federation for Children, which aggressively pushes for charter schools and voucher programs that let students go to private schools with taxpayer funds.
