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Saturday, August 8, 2020

NANCY BAILEY: Is She Focused on Grizzlies Again? DeVos Fails to See the Covid-19 Danger to ALL Schools!

Is She Focused on Grizzlies Again? DeVos Fails to See the Covid-19 Danger to ALL Schools!

Is She Focused on Grizzlies Again? DeVos Fails to See the Covid-19 Danger to ALL Schools!

Sidestepping Covid-19 to focus on school choice is like DeVos skipping over gun safety concerns about schools to focus on the threat of grizzly bears. I’m of course referring to comments made during her confirmation hearing.
Once again, she fails to focus on the real risk. Covid-19 is not going to discriminate between schools. It doesn’t care if students attend the most expensive private school, the holiest parochial school, the poorest charter school, or a wealthy segregated public school in Georgia!
President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are an example of poor leadership during the coronavirus. They want all public schools to open and never discuss how to address the problems school officials face during a pandemic.
DeVos has turned the virus into a school choice issue, blaming the mean teachers and their unions for keeping some public schools running remotely. She shows no sympathy or understanding for the confusion and fear this virus creates for everyone. Instead, she capitalizes on this terrible time to attack public education and teachers, pushing her CONTINUE READING: Is She Focused on Grizzlies Again? DeVos Fails to See the Covid-19 Danger to ALL Schools!