Senate Approves Jeb Bush's Former Lt. Gov. for Top K-12 Job at Education Department
The U.S. Senate voted Monday to approve the nomination of Frank Brogan as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education.
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Trump Officially Proposes Merging U.S. Departments of Education, Labor
President Donald Trump outlined the details of a plan to combine the two into a single agency focused on workforce readiness and career development. The plan is likely to face serious political and logistical hurdles.
June 15, 2018
Betsy DeVos Touts School Choice Opportunities in the U.K., Netherlands
"Both of these countries have continued to forge ahead with reforms and changes that are actually meeting students' needs today," DeVos told reporters in a Friday conference call that capped off a ten-day trip to Europe.
June 14, 2018
House Spending Bill Would Give Small Boost to Education, Reject Cuts by DeVos
The U.S. Department of Education would get a nearly $71 billion budget in a House spending bill for the next spending year released Thursday. The legislation includes increases for charter schools and special education.
June 12, 2018
NRA Has a 'Tight Grip' on Trump's School Safety Work, Senator Tells Betsy DeVos
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., also told Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that she has concerns about the way the commission has, in her view, diminished opportunities for public input.
June 08, 2018
Betsy DeVos: America Can Learn a Lot From Swiss Apprenticeships
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has said there are a host of things about the Swiss apprenticeship system that America could emulate. But she doesn't the federal government should be necessarily spearhead any initiative on that issue.
June 07, 2018
Nominee to Lead Civil Rights Work Under Betsy DeVos Confirmed by Senate
Kenneth L. Marcus was tapped to serve as the top civil rights official at the Education Department back in October. In fact, Marcus has basically held the job before.
June 07, 2018
DeVos: Apprenticeships Should Be for More Than Just Welders, Carpenters
The U.S. can learn a lot from Switzerland's apprenticeship program, which allows students to prepare on the job for careers in health care, finance, and law, said Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in a speech Thursday to the International Congress on Vocational & Professional Training in Zurich.
June 06, 2018
Back Mental-Health Support, Don't Arm Teachers, School-Safety Panel Told
Much of the advice offered to the federal school-safety commission at a listening session appeared to be out of line with policy preferences of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans.
June 05, 2018
Betsy DeVos Headed to Europe to Explore Career Education, School Choice
The education secretary will explore K-12 and post-secondary education in three European countries that outperformed the U.S. on the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA: Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
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