Betsy DeVos' First Semester: A Status Report
Charter schools, student loans, campus sexual assault: Here's what the education secretary has been up to.
It has been more than six months since Betsy DeVos was confirmed as education secretary after one of the most contentious Cabinet nomination battles in memory, and so we thought it worth an update on her major moves so far â and the public response.
School choice
DeVos is most associated with one idea: school choice. In particular, she has a record of supporting options other than traditional district public schools, such as charter schools, virtual schools, vouchers for private schools and home schooling. She has signaled that support and charter schools.
