The forces in and around the teachers’ unions of America are engaging in a massive assault against Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Education Secretary. “DeVos’ anti-public education positions and her lack of any experience or qualifications show she would be a disaster for public education,” the horrified NJEA, the New Jersey affiliate of the National Education Association, told its members, providing them with numbers to call (and call again!) Republican Lamar Alexander (TN), the chairman of the committee, met with DeVos last week and said he she will make an “excellent” Secretary of Education. She chaired the Michigan Republican Party two different times and sat on the Republican National Committee. Her husband, Dick DeVos, ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor of Michigan, their home state, in 2006.

Source: Forbes January 17, 2017 13:27 UTC