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DeVos' formula for success: Trash public schools and push privatization

  • Written by Bryan Alexander, Senior Scholar, Learning, Design and Technology, Georgetown University
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wipes her brow during an October 2017 appearance in Bellevue, Washington.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

When U.S Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos discussed the results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress, she described them as “devastating” and part of a worsening crisis in education.

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