Tag: Betsy DeVos

8th Grade History, Civics Scores Drop Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Average U.S. history and civics test scores have dropped among eighth graders since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The 2022 findings from the NAEP—dubbed “The Nation’s Report Card”—were released on May 3, revealing a five-point drop in U.S. history scores and a two-point drop—the first ever—in civics scores…


School Choice Benefits All Students and Teachers, Including Those in Public Schools: Betsy DeVos

For over two decades, former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has promoted policies including school choice to enable parents to direct their children’s education for improved outcomes. DeVos’s new book, “Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and The Future of the American Child,” lays out her solutions to fixing the United States’ antiquated…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

This episode will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education…


PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

This episode will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education…


Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education gaps have only widened since the establishment of the federal Department of…


Education Freedom and Secretary Betsy DeVos

Commentary Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has come up with a bold, liberating approach to giving younger Americans the best possible education. She calls it education freedom. Education freedom is an important concept because it recognizes both the structural and technological opportunities for learning that have emerged since the development of the school choice…


Biden Admin Rescinds Trump Policy, Cancels $1 Billion in Federal Student Loan Debt

The U.S. Department of Education said it has scrapped a Trump-era policy in order to fully erase federal student loan debt for borrowers who claim they didn’t receive the kind of college education they were promised. The change, according to the newly-confirmed Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, is expected to ultimately help approximately 72,000 borrowers receive…


Biden Orders Review of Trump-Era Rule on College Sexual Misconduct Claims

President Joe Biden has ordered a review of a Trump-era rule on how colleges and universities handle complaints of sexual misconduct under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at federally-funded education programs. In an executive order signed on Monday, Biden directed the newly-confirmed Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to review the education department’s rules,…


Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns Following Capitol Unrest

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos submitted her resignation on Jan. 7, blaming President Donald Trump for contributing to the civil unrest that unfolded on U.S. Capitol grounds during demonstrations he supported over concerns about election integrity. “There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation,” DeVos wrote in a letter to the president….


Betsy DeVos on 1619 Project: Revisionist History Indoctrinating Young American Minds

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday warned in an op-ed that “insidious lies” about U.S. history are being taught in American schools, praising the Trump administration’s effort to counter such anti-American indoctrination. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, while disrupting the education of American students with widespread school closures, has also made parents increasingly…