The Pros And Cons Of Betsy Devos

While I can not attended this event because I am away at school I urge all people who are in the Chicago-land area to consider attending. Betsy DeVos is Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education. Her goal is to use taxpayers money to fund charter schools and vouchers for private/religious schooling. We have seen in the past that vouchers (while a good idea in theory) do not work. As for using taxpayers money to fund religious schooling—- it is a direct violation of separation of church and state. DeVos has “cloaked” her ideas of privatization of the education system by saying that parents should “choice” where their children go to school—this is a luxury not all families will get. It is my belief that DeVos will cause great damage to public
schools across the nation. She is extremely unqualified for this position due to the fact that she is not an educator nor a education leader. She can not be considered an expert in pedagogy or curriculum or school governance. She is someone who is extraordinary wealthy and has used her wealth to greatly influence conversations about education reform by bending said conversations to fit her views on education. It was her wealth that secured her the spot of Secretary of Education not her experience. Someone in her position need to be able to create a trust between the government and people that are seeking opportunity. Betsy Devos will not be able to create this trust.