Betsy DeVos
Teachers Are Panicking About Schools Reopening in the Fall
Many states are barrelling ahead to open classrooms without clear safety precautions in place. "First, they expect us to take a bullet for kids when there’s an active shooter, and now this," one educator told VICE.
Betsy DeVos' School-Reopening Plan Is Already Getting a Big Fat F
Teachers and Democratic lawmakers are calling the education secretary's insistence and lack of a plan "dangerous" "malfeasance." Even some Republicans are pushing back.
We Should Be Talking More About Opening Schools and Less About Businesses
Education experts (and desperate parents) are begging us to actually, seriously think of the children.
Campus Sexual Assault Hearings Will Now Look More Like Criminal Trials
Under new rules championed by Betsy DeVos, accused students have the right to cross-examine accusers through a third party.
Trump's Budget Cuts Could Saddle Students With Billions More in Debt
The budget eliminates the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and puts caps on how much students and parents can borrow.
One of Betsy DeVos' Top People Is Quitting and Wants to Cancel a Bunch of Student Loan Debt
"The time has come for us to end and stop the insanity," he said.
DeVos-Linked Adoption Agency Exposed Highly Sensitive Children's Medical Data
Bethany Christian Services left information about prospective adoptees' "intellectual development" as well as their medical histories and lab results online.
Betsy DeVos wants to gut funding for the Special Olympics
The DOE’s budget proposal would eliminate nearly $18 million from the Special Olympics, and allocate an additional $60 million to charter school funding
5 takeaways from Betsy Devos’ 9-month investigation into school safety
Recommendations on gun control are largely absent from the 177-page report.
Betsy DeVos is canceling 15,000 students' debt after trying to avoid it for a year
In total, they have $150 million in student loan debt.
Why the women suing Dartmouth over sexual harassment are no fans of Betsy DeVos
Just one day after a group of women sued Dartmouth for turning a blind eye to sexual assault on campus, the Trump administration announced plans to relax sexual harassment policies.
Trump administration plans to grant more rights to college students accused of sexual assault
Under the proposed Title IX enforcement regulations, schools would only have to launch investigations into properly reported incidents that were part of campus programs and activities.