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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos admitted she hasnt visited the really bad schools in her home state of Michigan and advocated for investing in students, not in school buildings in an 60 Minutes interview with Lesley Stahl that aired Sunday night. After DeVos cited studies that indicate more school choice within a state made public schools better, Stahl asked, Have the public schools in Michigan gotten better? DeVos replied, I dont know, overall, I cant say overall that they have all gotten better. When Stahl noted that the whole state is not doing well, the education secretary mentioned that lots of pockets that were doing well. Stahl also asked if she had visited the schools that were performing very poorly, and DeVos said she had not intentionally visited schools that are underperforming. Stahl replied, Maybe you should. To which DeVos said, Maybe I should, yes. DeVos has voiced concern about states not seizing the educational freedoms provided to states by the Every Student Succeeds Act, after she was roundly criticized for her performance during her confirmation hearing.
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Javaman
(62,531 posts)world wide wally
(21,748 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,085 posts)Just like in Lost Boys. They've been a problem for years.
MineralMan
(146,318 posts)I like that idea better.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)When am I going to wake up from this episode of The Twilight Zone?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,354 posts)But, of course, all charter schools are above average.
The only "under-performing charter school" would be one with a loss instead of a profit.