Secretary Of EducationEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, joined by Education Department Budget Service Director Erica Navarro, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, earlier than the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the Education Department’s fiscal 2018 budget.

The hiring of many of the individuals within the announcement had previously been discussed publicly, nevertheless it was the first official announcement from DeVos about who would fill key employees positions. Like different federal agencies within the Trump administration, the Department of Education has gone nearly three months without naming appointees to plenty of political positions.

We selected two White boys, and two Black boys to go to Ivy League Colleges, quite a stretch for second graders. The two White boys ended up attending better high colleges, (they passed tests to get in) and ended up at Cornell and Pennsylvania. The two Black … Read more

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Secretary Of EducationEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos makes first official announcement of key aides, many of them in acting capacities and together with some controversial decisions.

It has not helped Ms. DeVos that she exemplifies much that liberals find objectionable in regards to the Trump administration. She is a Christian conservative, an heir to the Amway fortune and a longtime Republican Party donor. At her confirmation listening to, she wouldn’t decide to following various President Barack Obama’s schooling rules, on issues including campus sexual assault and reining in low-performing for-profit schools.

Judging inside-city public school academics solely or primarily on the basis of check scores is more likely to be misleading and unfair as a result of many factors past a instructor’s management have an effect on learning and check scores. Used correctly, pupil achievement take a look at rating standards as one measure for evaluating teacher and faculty efficiency may contribute to … Read more

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