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DeVos not what America needs in Public Education

To the Editor,

Betsy DeVos, selected by the president-elect for Education Secretary of the USA, is unfit to serve. DeVos has actively tried to dismantle public education in her home state of Michigan. Neither she, nor her children attended public education. The DeVos family heavily funded a failed push for constitutional change to allow for vouchers-public tax monies for private schools. She supports the rapid expansion of charter schools and online schools with minimal regulation and a lack of accountability. Despite unsatisfactory educational results, DeVos remains deliberately indifferent to the failure of these schools to serve the needs of communities.

As Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could set the Federal Government on a trajectory to implement vouchers, lack of accountability and promote non-public schools. Betsy DeVos has an agenda to dismantle public education and turn it over to enrich private companies FOR PROFIT. She is not worthy of confirmation as Secretary of Education. The destruction of public education would be devastating to our students-your children and grandchildren- for many years to come! Let your US Senators Toomey and Casey know through phonecalls and letters and emails.

Respectfully submitted,

A retired public school educator,

Karen Davis,

Warren

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