Research suggests that traditional public schools and nonprofit charter schools generally outperform for-profit charters and private schools that accept vouchers, and some organizations representing nonprofit charter schools have come out against Ms. DeVos. Ms. DeVos, she said, “hasn’t been there.”Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. On Friday, the Senate voted to advance Ms. DeVos’s nomination to a final confirmation vote, expected early next week. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt has not helped Ms. DeVos that she exemplifies much that liberals find objectionable about the Trump administration. The late night host Jimmy Kimmel said Ms. DeVos “has no experience in education” and noted that her children had attended private schools.

Source: New York Times February 03, 2017 09:56 UTC