Should @BetsyDeVos be confirmed as Sec of Ed in Senate?

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

Julian Vasquez Heilig discusses whether Betsy DeVos should be confirmed at US Secretary of Education on the Rick Smith Show. They also discuss whether her school “choice” ideology for education has worked. Here are a few teaser tweets from the conversation:

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA DeVos's new pyramid scheme is our children's minds. #EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA DeVos is least qualified Education Secretary we've ever had. No experience whatsoever w/ public sch#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA The open records piece is very important for charter schools. They are not public schools. #EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA DeVos doesn't believe private or charter schools should be held accountable for public $.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA DeVos tried to change constitution in MI to let public money go to church schools.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA Our Education Secretary will be a mercenary for corporations in education.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA Public schools are guardians of our democracy.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA Schools should be teaching critical thinking. We don't want a public that can be easily swayed.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA If you despise the Dept of Education, let me put you in charge. Despise EPA? You should lead it.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA It could take us generations to recover from DeVos's ideology. Kids don't get a 2nd chance at educ#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA Detroit Free Press has been doing an excellent job covering charter schools.#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

@ProfessorJVH @BadassTeachersA Hold #DumpDeVos & Trump accountable. And protest DeVos in grizzly costumes!#EdReform

— Rick Smith (@RickSmithShow) February 1, 2017

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This just in:

BREAKING: Second Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, says she cannot support Education nominee Betsy DeVos.

— The Associated Press (@AP) February 1, 2017