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Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was an advocate for education issues that are popular with many conservatives while she was at the helm in

Today on Stateside , Governor Whitmer said last week she is hoping schools will be able to reopen in-person classes by March. She also announced that K- 12

Georgia is moving to accept $2 billion in additional federal coronavirus relief for K-12 schools.

The Daily Yonder Book Review: Grounded by Jon Tester Senator Testers memoir could become a helpful roadmap for coastal Democrats fighting for rural votes. The question is: will they pick it up and read it? Senator Jon Tester, of Montana (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana got little fanfare from the press when he published his memoir, Grounded, in September 2020.  Only the I can see why national media wouldn’t rush to do puff pieces on a self-s...

Editor’s note: U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos resigned from her post effective Jan. 8, 2021, saying there was “no mistaking” the impact that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric had on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Here, five scholars offer their views on DeVos’ legacy at the federal agency she headed for four years. Mark Hlavacik, associate professor of communication studies, University of North Texas: In her resignation letter, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos explai...

Betsy Devos resigns because "impressionable children are watching." Which ones? Because from where we're standing, your white privilege is showing.

Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Some of the COVID-19 graphic...

• Former California Rep. Duncan Hunter, another early Trump 2016 supporter who pleaded guilty last December to embezzling campaign funds. Prosecutors had charged Hunter with using more than $250,000 in campaign money on a number of lifestyle expenses, including taking an Uber at 7:40 a.m. on a weekday from the apartment of “Individual 18,” who was notably not his wife, to his D.C. office. Advertisement Advertisement • George Papadopoulos, the zero-qualification doofus who served as a �...

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he plans to nominate Miguel Cardona, the education commissioner of Connecticut, as secretary of the Department of Education, choosing a major proponent of reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. If confirmed by the Senate, Cardona, 45, would lead Bidens push to reopen the majority of public schools in the first 100 days of his administration. Bidens pick would add another Latino to his increasingly diverse Cabinet. The selec...

Biden to pick Miguel Cardona, proponent of reopening schools, as education secretary Joey Garrison and Erin Richards, USA TODAY Biden rolled out his climate and environment team Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday he plans to nominate Miguel Cardona, the education commissioner of Connecticut, as secretary of the Department of Education, choosing a major proponent of reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. © Devin Leith-Ye...