| | | | News Alert | Wed., Nov. 23, 2016 1:12 p.m. |
| | | Trump picks billionaire Betsy DeVos, school voucher advocate, as education secretary | President-elect Donald Trump has named Betsy DeVos, a conservative activist and billionaire philanthropist who has pushed forcefully for private school voucher programs nationwide, as his nominee for education secretary. Trump’s pick underscores his promises on the campaign trail to put “school choice” — the expansion of taxpayer-funded charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools — at the center of his efforts on education. | Read more » |
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