Donald Trump, left, and former Florida governor Jeb Bush talk after the CNN Republican presidential debate on Sept. 16, 2015. Betsy DeVos donated to Bush’s unsuccessful presidential campaign and sat on the board of Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. They say they are providing parents with choice; critics say they are destroying the public education system. [Here’s what Jeb Bush really did to public education in Florida]Given that DeVos’s education philosophy is right in line with Bush’s, and Trump liked what she had to see when he was picking someone to run the Education Department, her confirmation means that Jeb Bush’s longtime education agenda will strongly inform education policy over the next four (possibly more) years. Bush doesn’t refer to public schools as public schools.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2017 17:14 UTC