How Betsy DeVos Bent the Nation's Education Debate in Four Tense Years
Copy URL Shortly after President-elect Joe Biden’s victory—amid the continued disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic—U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos decided to send schools a message. purporting to show that little coronavirus education relief had actually been spent, many months after it became available. She used the announcement to challenge states’ alacrity in responding to the virus and cast doubts on their calls for additional federal aid. “I hope parents, teachers, and local leaders will use this information to advocate for an immediate safe return to learning for a...