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Betsy DeVos did not succeed in dismantling public education during her four-year tenure as Donald Trump’s secretary of education. That’s because, despite the billionaire campaign donor’s determined efforts, the federal government is not the primary battleground in the fight for the future of our schools. Most of those big battles play out at the state and local levels of government. So, now that she’s on the outs in Washington, DeVos is taking her crusade back to states such as Wisconsin—where she and her allies are conniving to influence Tuesday’s election for state superintendent of public instruction.
Madison-schoolWisconsinUnited-statesDepartment-of-educationDistrict-of-columbiaMilwaukeeWashingtonAmericanDonald-trumpDeborah-kerrScott-walkerEd-sadlowskiBice: Campaign manager quits superintendent candidate Deborah Kerr's campaign Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Submitted Deborah Kerr
The wheels on the campaign school bus may be coming off.
Already reeling from the fallout over her discussion of the N-word on Twitter earlier this week, Wisconsin schools superintendent candidate
Deborah Kerr now has to deal with the unexpected departure of her campaign manager.
Journal Sentinel that he had left her campaign.
"(Thursday) I submitted my resignation," Savage said in a statement late Thursday.
"I was happy to get her through the primary in a seven-way race," he continued. "But moving forward she is going to require a general election strategy that I am not able to provide. We had a long conversation today and parted on good terms."
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