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NYC Public School Parents: Hilarious video of DeVos testimony on class size - with a more serious message lurking behing it

NYC Public School Parents: Hilarious video of DeVos testimony on class size - with a more serious message lurking behing it

Hilarious video of DeVos testimony on class size - with a more serious message lurking behing it


Check out hilarious clip below of Anthony Cody reacting to Betsy Devos testifying before the US House of Representatives on Wednesday that larger classes have benefits to students.  Anthony, who is a former teacher and a fellow board member of the Network for Public Education, got up at the crack of dawn to attend these hearings and we're glad he did.




Not to detract from the absurdity of her comments, I'd like to point out that individuals including Bill Gates and our Michael Bloomberg have made similar absurd claims.  In fact, Anthony Cody himself rebutted Bill Gates' damaging ideas on class size in the Washington Post.

When he was Education Secretary Arne Duncan also advised districts to increase class size, offering this likely fabricated example: CONTINUE READING: NYC Public School Parents: Hilarious video of DeVos testimony on class size - with a more serious message lurking behing it