One of the most disturbing things about the Trump administration is its antipathy toward public schools. DeVos is stupendously rich, and a longtime crusader for charters, vouchers and using federal funds for religious education. She’s used all that clout to make Michigan a model of how not to improve public education. She has never actually worked in a school system or managed a large institution — she and her husband became billionaires through the old-fashioned strategy of having stupendously rich parents. Running schools like a business (and, of course, driving away the teachers unions) is supposed to create more efficiency.

Source: New York Times January 28, 2017 03:46 UTC