(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Betsy DeVos, the Michigan billionaire President Trump nominated to be education secretary, wrote a letter to a senator about the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Critics, however say that her years-long advocacy for charter schools and vouchers is really part of a movement to privatize public education. Some groups representing Americans with disabilities have come out against her nomination, saying she is no friend of students with disabilities. IDEA requires public schools to provide free and appropriate education to all students with disabilities. Furthermore, she advocates for vouchers writ large — as if they can solve every family’s dilemma.”Here’s the letter DeVos sent to Isakson:

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2017 18:18 UTC