By Annie Waldman / ProPublicaFeb 5, 2017
Worries grow that Trump’s pick for education secretary will undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 31, 2017
After hearings on President Trump's pick for secretary of education, the matter has been sent to the full Senate for a vote. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 18, 2017
Sanders asked about Betsy DeVos' stance on tuition-free colleges and her family's donations to the GOP, while Warren pointed out that the billionaire has absolutely no experience with public education and student loans. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Lauren McCauley / Common DreamsJan 18, 2017
Groups say the billionaire's record and lack of experience make her "wholly unqualified" to be secretary of education. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJan 2, 2017
The president-elect represents the late stage of capitalism, when corporations, no longer able to generate profits at former levels, pillage the government and society for profit. However, he will be vulnerable to impeachment if we take to the streets. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 21, 2016
Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed John B. King Jr. as secretary of education, a post that has the unique power to relieve students of federally guaranteed loans. Yet as acting secretary, King took no action to help those conned by for-profit colleges. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigFeb 24, 2012
Countering the efforts of educational reformers -- including President Obama and his Race to the Top crew -- to blame teachers for student failures, researchers are finding that the growing gap between the affluent and the poor is the real villain.The harm done by an economic system increasingly tilted toward the rich is much more than a pocketbook issue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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