Stories tagged: "Betsy DeVos"

Education In this July 8, 2020, photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a briefing at the Department of Education building in Washington. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, attorneys general from 22 states plus the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration to block new federal rules they say would make it harder for students swindled by for-profit colleges to get relief from their federal loans. The new regulations were put in place last year by Secretary DeVos. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Education GOP Thinks It Saved Kids with Vouchers, Yet Schools Still Lack Billions in Funding

The pandemic has shown how the Trump administration is committed to funneling taxpayer dollars away from public schools to private schools.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers August 25, 2020 4:59 pm EDT
Education Education Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives for an event in the State Dining room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Education Judge Okays DeVos Rule That Makes It Harder for Survivors to Report Sexual Assault at Schools

Attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia challenged the rule and say their fight will continue.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers August 13, 2020 5:05 pm EDT
Coronavirus Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a press conference with Vice President Mike Pence in Tiger Stadium, on the LSU campus, in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Coronavirus Schools Are Trying to Reopen. So Where Is Betsy DeVos?

The Education Secretary is working from her home in Michigan and hasn't talked to a national school superintendents group all year.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers August 11, 2020 12:55 pm EDT
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Education ‘Everyone’s Freaked Out’: Parents Across the U.S. Are Agonizing About the Fate of Public Schools

"She was quite frankly very miserable … not having any peer interaction, not having any teacher interaction.”

Rebecca Bodenheimer Rebecca Bodenheimer August 3, 2020 12:18 pm EDT
Education In this July 8, 2020, photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a briefing at the Department of Education building in Washington. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, attorneys general from 22 states plus the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration to block new federal rules they say would make it harder for students swindled by for-profit colleges to get relief from their federal loans. The new regulations were put in place last year by Secretary DeVos. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Education Some Cosmetology Schools Got Nearly Triple the Relief Funding That Public Universities Received

The discrepancy was driven by a funding formula from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers July 23, 2020 5:21 pm EDT

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Education The Risk of Reopening Schools Is Far Greater for Black and Brown Americans

The coronavirus is novel, but the consistently deleterious experiences of Black and Brown people in this country, especially as it relates to health and education, is not.

Nsenga Burton Nsenga Burton July 17, 2020 3:37 pm EDT
Education Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a press conference with Vice President Mike Pence in Tiger Stadium, on the LSU campus, in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Education 22 States and D.C. Sue DeVos for Making It Harder for Defrauded Students to Get Loan Forgiveness

The coalition of attorneys general say DeVos violated federal rules by issuing her policy without justification, and they say her rules fail to create a meaningful process for defrauded students to get their federal loans forgiven.

Associated Press Associated Press July 16, 2020 10:33 am EDT