Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday pleaded with department staff involved in transitioning to the Biden administration to "be the resistance" against not doing what's right for students. Education Department press secretary Angela Morabito told Fox News that the Politico story "is misleading and missed the point." Former National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen Garcia and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten are believed to be frontrunners on the president-elect's shortlist for education secretary. POSSIBLE BIDEN EDUCATION CHIEF RANDI WEINGARTEN ONCE CAUGHT PLAGARIZING SPEECHBiden's Education Department will likely be more in favor of teachers' unions and could reverse some of the Trump administration's education policies regarding Title X reform and critical race theory. Whether Biden would be able to push through an education secretary who is against charter schools remains to be seen.

Source: Fox News December 16, 2020 20:26 UTC