#DeVos

1/ I have been a teacher going on twenty-one years. We are going through some things as a country, but this morning I came across a post that really incensed
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Lots of folks misread this op-ed (research cited in @washingtonpost & @latimes editorials too).This isn't about how we distribute $$ when we #cancelstudentdebt.It is about *the value* we assign to
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With Betsy DeVos steppong down, I'm the new interim Secretary of Education. My 1st job is helping this teacher buy flexible seating options for the students. There's only a few
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The Man Behind Citizens United Is Just Getting Started Citizens United was the culmination of years of work by Bopp to chip away at the nation’s campaign-finance regulations, often via
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Here’s what I’m holding onto. Even with the clusterfuck of this whole sham, I can not, for my psyche, live in the hell of all that went wrong. I’ll leave
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When Trump signed his EO ostensibly about antisemitism, some of us warned the real target was campus free speech critical of Israel. Complaints filed in wake of the EO demonstrate
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I cried a lot today. Students told me my class was their favorite because they feel respected and they enjoy learning. A grant application I wrote to fund racial equity
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We’re on the precipice of a massive paradigm shift in the US: the end of universal access to five-day-a-week, in-person education as a public good for which the state has
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Since Pence won’t come to the phone, let’s see if we can’t get through to any other cabinet members and demand they #Invokethe25thNOW:1.) Sonny Perdue: 202-720-27912.) Jeffrey Rosen: 202-514-20003.) Gina
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1/7As we inch closer to September, parents, principals & politicians are weighing options for America’s students. Donald Trump has complicated the discussion further by again ignoring warnings from public health
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Congress gave the Education Department the authority to #CancelStudentDebt in the HEA. @ewarren wanted to use it to cancel $50KTrump/DeVos used this authority, narrowly: to temporarily cancel interest There’s bipartisan
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The new postmaster general has a massive conflict of interest. Louis DeJoy still holds $30 M in stock in XPO. This should be enough to disqualify him but XPO
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@BetsyDeVosED I have a few questions for you. If a teacher tests positive for COVID-19 are they required to quarantine for 2-3 weeks? Is their sick leave covered, paid? If
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We are about to enter #GrimReaper #MoscowMitch's legislative hellscape w/ the GOP beholden to Russia, China & the Bonesaw Caucus, Trump's Do Nothing pandemic response, & the election to add
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So a lot of times people ask that challenge question about "Would you do X for $10 million" and they make it about saying something on national TV - would
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If you spend as much time as I do studying ed policy + politics, and are also a parent and live in an urban area (my kid’s preK is located
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