DeVos: Colleges tell students ‘what to do, what to say and, more ominously, what to think’; ‘The system is failing too many kids’ — text of Education Secretary DeVos’s speech at CPAC; Evangelical leader Falwell: It was Steve Bannon’s idea that I lead education task force; DeVos defends rollback of protection for transgender students. Critics blast her: ‘You rolled over like a puppy.’; College Board takes ‘robust’ new SAT security steps — but is it enough to stymie cheating?; So far, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is just what her critics feared; Ohio Gov. Kasich is trying to impose this misguided mandate on teachers; A cautionary tale about the fight over a charter school and the effect on a community; Former D.C. schools chief takes on DeVos: ‘Sorry lady … this is so amateur and unprofessional’; Stanford-bound student faces something unexpected during gap year: Mortality; Teacher to DeVos: No, I’m not ‘hostile’ to change. We just don’t agree on the changes schools need.; Georgetown professor under fire for lecture about slavery and Islam;
 
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DeVos: Colleges tell students ‘what to do, what to say and, more ominously, what to think’
She hadn't said much about her vision of higher education, but now there's this.
‘The system is failing too many kids’ — text of Education Secretary DeVos’s speech at CPAC
Read it for yourself.
 
Evangelical leader Falwell: It was Steve Bannon’s idea that I lead education task force
Falwell said he was offered the role of secretary for higher education last November but declined it.
 
DeVos defends rollback of protection for transgender students. Critics blast her: ‘You rolled over like a puppy.’
The education secretary was reported to have opposed the move — but she went along.
 
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College Board takes ‘robust’ new SAT security steps — but is it enough to stymie cheating?
Cheating, particularly overseas, has been a problem for years.
 
Trump’s hiring freeze leads some Army bases to suspend pre-K and other child programs
At least two are affected.
 
So far, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is just what her critics feared
And what her supporters had hoped.
 
Ohio Gov. Kasich is trying to impose this misguided mandate on teachers
It's on page 1,056 of the 3,512-page proposed 2018-19 budget.
 
A cautionary tale about the fight over a charter school and the effect on a community
The details are almost unbelievable -- but they happened.
 
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Former D.C. schools chief takes on DeVos: ‘Sorry lady … this is so amateur and unprofessional’
Kaya Henderson reacts to remarks Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made about teachers she saw at a D.C. public school.
 
Stanford-bound student faces something unexpected during gap year: Mortality
Her personal essay.
 
Teacher to DeVos: No, I’m not ‘hostile’ to change. We just don’t agree on the changes schools need.
The new education secretary accused critics of wanting to keep the status quo. One begs to differ.
 
Georgetown professor under fire for lecture about slavery and Islam
Conservative critics accuse him of condoning slavery and rape. He says that's ridiculous.
 
 
     
 
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