DeVos Vows to Replace Obama’s Campus Sexual Assault Policies

Emily Wells / Truthdig Sep 7, 2017 The secretary of education says the rights of the accused must be considered in reaching a proper balance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Critic Calls N.Y. Times Op-Ed by Erik Prince an ‘Infomercial’

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Aug 31, 2017 The Blackwater founder advocates privatizing the military in Afghanistan and compares his work to that of Elon Musk and SpaceX. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Charter Schools Draw Fire From Georgia Activists

By Jeff Bryant Aug 22, 2017 The vice president of the National Education Association says progressives are waking up to the vital importance of the collective good. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

How Betsy DeVos, the Koch Brothers and Trump Are Selling Schools to the Highest Bidder

By Jim Hightower / AlterNet Jul 24, 2017 It's unlikely that anyone believes that corporate profiteers are going to educate our children well. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Manufactured Illiteracy and Miseducation

By Henry Giroux / Salon Jun 27, 2017 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is Donald Trump’s gift to the billionaires, evangelicals, hedge fund managers and bankers who view schools as training centers and sources of profit. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Twenty Questions Betsy DeVos Dodged at Her Latest Senate Hearing

By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet Jun 7, 2017 The education secretary struggled to defend her draconian budget cuts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Study Shows School Vouchers Hurt Students — but Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos Could Not Care Less

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report May 8, 2017 The president and secretary of education are old-school "segregation academy" politicians with strong ideological investments in private school vouchers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Ultimate Inside Job — Dismantling the Government — Is Well Underway

By Steven Harper / Moyers and Company Apr 25, 2017 Through Cabinet appointments, Donald Trump is gutting federal agencies that have improved our lives in ways most Americans will no longer take for granted. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

New Leader of Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White

By Annie Waldman / ProPublica Apr 18, 2017 The inexperience of Candice Jackson (pictured), the woman chosen by Betsy Devos to head the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, raises questions about how she will investigate allegations of unfair treatment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

National Insecurity

By Rajan Menon / TomDispatch Mar 31, 2017 Voters drawn to Donald Trump because they believed he would rein in interventionism abroad and deal with festering problems at home are in for a disappointment. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Trump Appoints Heritage Foundation Staffer to Health and Human Services Post

By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica Mar 27, 2017 Roger Severino (pictured), the new head of the agency's Office for Civil Rights, has opposed transgender patients’ rights, same-sex marriage and Planned Parenthood. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Under Pressure, Ex-Lobbyist for a Group of For-Profit Colleges Leaves Education Department Post

By Annie Waldman / ProPublica Mar 22, 2017 Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (pictured) to cite ProPublica’s reporting and request more information on Taylor Hansen’s role. He quit that day. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )