CURMUDGUCATION: Small Things: Secretary DeVos, Twitter and Teachers Vs. Charters

CURMUDGUCATION: Small Things: Secretary DeVos, Twitter and Teachers Vs. Charters

Small Things: Secretary DeVos, Twitter and Teachers Vs. Charters

For quite a while, National Charter School Self-Promotion Week was scheduled for the first week in may-- the same week that the PTA had, for decades, scheduled Teacher Appreciation Week. Last year somebody finally decided that maybe that wasn't the greatest idea and moved Charter Week to the second week in May. So we're just wrapping that lovefest up today.

Coincidentally, I recently broke down and started following the Betsy DeVos Twitter account, and I was curious how those back-to-back celebrations looked. There's nothing unexpected or earth-shattering here. Just one of those little data points.

DeVos on Teacher Appreciation Week.

On Monday afternoon, DeVos retweeted the official USED tweet that offered teachers "virtual hugs." DeVos added her own comment:

Teachers, thank you for all you are doing for your students to keep them learning and connected during this national emergency. Your dedication and commitment to the success of our nation’s students is truly inspiring!

She also retweeted a thank you tweet from Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, tea party buddy of Mike Pence, whose support for public education is legendary in the same way that Bigfoot is legendary-- almost never seen and unlikely to be real.

On Wednesday at 7:00 AM, she tweeted out her 45 second video message, again leaning hard on the extra work that teachers are doing right now (no mention of her repeated assertion that many US schools have simply shut down).

The rest of the week was devoted to touting her new Title IX rules and to celebrating the second CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Small Things: Secretary DeVos, Twitter and Teachers Vs. Charters