The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Betsy DeVos
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Chartering Disaster: Trump Admin's Education Priorities 'Asleep at the Wheel'
The federal budget proposal for 2020 includes increased funding to charter schools – even as a recent report shows $1 billion in federal funding went to charters that are now closed, or never even opened in the first place.
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Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued By 17 States Over For-Profit College Rules
The states' attorneys general suing the Trump administration say the Education Department's refusal to enforce a regulation punishing predatory career programs "leaves students vulnerable to exploitation and fraud."
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18 States, Consumer Groups Sue DeVos Over Delay of Student Loan Protections
The lawsuits accuse the Education Secretary of illegally delaying the regulations aimed at predatory colleges, which would protect federal student loan borrowers defrauded by those schools.
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DeVos’s Education Budget Throws Students to the Loan Sharks
Slashing $10.6 billion from federal education funding, the new budget plan includes $500 million to invest in charter schools, $250 million in voucher program expansion funding, and $1 billion to “push public schools to adopt choice-friendly policies.”
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The Left is Losing the War on Education. Here’s How We Can Win Again.
As voucher programs expand nationwide, direct action, protests and declarations of support for public schools isn't irrelevant. But after years of retreat, it’s time for a different tactic in the war on education.
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Republican Majorities Accelerate Dismantling of Public Education Protections
Holding majorities across three levels of state governance, Republicans can continue to slash budgets for k-12 education while deregulating urban schools via voucher programs and charter schools.
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Trump, Betsy DeVos and the Plan to End Democratic Education
The president-elect has already pledged $20 billion to expand voucher programs nationwide, and his appointee for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, views dismantling public education as a mission from God.
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As Trump Comes Into Focus, So Do Our Tasks
The potential for people working together in solidarity will grow and the long-term impact of the Trump era could be a mass movement that will change the political culture in the United States.
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Milwaukee Teachers, Students, Activists Claim Victory After School Privatization Effort Fails
Wisconsin attributed its suspension of the privatization program to increased test scores and new criteria for grading schools – but months of resistance from public school staff, students and community organizers ultimately achieved the win.
