Education
Related: About this forumBetsy DeVos and the twilight of public education
Stephen Henderson , Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor
In Detroit, parents of school-age children have plenty of choices, thanks to the nations largest urban network of charter schools.
What remains in short supply is quality.
In Brightmoor, the only high school left is Detroit Community Schools, a charter boasting more than a decade of abysmal test scores and, until recently, a superintendent who earned $130,000 a year despite a dearth of educational experience or credentials.
On the west side, another charter school, Hope Academy, has been serving the community around Grand River and Livernois for 20 years. Its test scores have been among the lowest in the state throughout those two decades; in 2013 the school ranked in the first percentile, the absolute bottom for academic performance. Two years later, its charter was renewed.
more
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/stephen-henderson/2016/12/03/betsy-devos-education-donald-trump/94728574/
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)I am not betting the farm she will be.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)But I suspect she will be confirmed. She's a member of 'the club'
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)to say "no" to people that just aren't qualified. Ben Carson as HUD is another one. He has ZERO experience in housing or urban development. If the Republicans want to be taken seriously in re: appointments in the future, they have to set some standard for whom they approve for Trump (like, I don't, at least a month or so experience in the area they are going to be secretary of).
Response to n2doc (Original post)
Name removed Message auto-removed