Steve Nelson was head of school at the Calhoun School. He is now in retirement. He writes frequently about the need for child-centered education.
“RESIST!” Bernie Sanders? AOC? Malcom X? Saul Alinsky?
No, this was Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s plea to Education Department staffers as she ends her term in office. As reported in The Hill, she specifically implored them to “Be the resistance against forces that will derail you from doing what’s right for students.” DeVos evoking the language of progressive activism is rich – almost as rich as DeVos herself.
She has gotten scant attention in the chaos of these last days. It seems unjust to allow her to go so quietly from the party. It is only in the shadow of Bill Barr, Scott Pruitt, Michael Flynn, Wilbur Ross, Steve Bannon, Paul Manafort, Mike Pompeo, Ben Carson, Stephen Miller and many others that DeVos’s breathtaking awfulness would go uncelebrated.
I am here to right that wrong.
As with other Trump appointees, her most luminous qualification for the position was absolute disdain for the CONTINUE READING: Steve Nelson: Farewell to the Worst Secretary of Education Ever! | Diane Ravitch's blog
