DeVos On School Safety; A New Leader For Education's Civil Rights Office
Also in our weekly education news roundup: controversy over New York City's elite high schools; and new moves by Apple to give parents control over what apps their kids are using.
This week saw the first public session of the school safety commission formed by President Trump after the Parkland shooting and headed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
As NPR's Brakkton Booker reported, however, DeVos wasn't at that listening session — and neither were the three other members. The Education Secretary was in Switzerland for a conference about vocational training, the first stop on 10–day trip in Europe.
The commission is charged with coming up with recommendations for making schools safer after
