Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

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DeVos Struggles to Answer Basic Questions About Schools in Her Home State

Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stumbled her way through a tense interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" Sunday night, struggling to answer some basic questions about schools in her home state of Michigan and admitting that she does not "intentionally" visit underperforming schools.

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Secretary DeVos to Visit Port Aransas and Houston, Texas

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will travel to Port Aransas and Houston, Texas, this week to see firsthand the ongoing rebuilding and recovery in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and to assess how the Department of Education can continue to coordinate and support the state, schools and students.

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How to Make Sense Of the School Choice Debate

During her time as education secretary, Betsy DeVos has made it very clear she supports educational choice. This week, she even went as far as calling opponents of the movement "flat earthers" who are holding America's children back.

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Prepared Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to Bethune-Cookman University’s 2017 Spring Commencement

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos delivered her first commencement address as Secretary to Bethune-Cookman University’s class of 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Secretary was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa by B-CU president Dr. Edison O. Jackson.

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AFT’s Weingarten on Betsy DeVos’ Scrapping of Student Loan Borrower Protections

Statement by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ scrapping of the Obama administration’s student loan borrower protections.

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US Marshals Providing Rare Security for Secretary DeVos

An unusual security arrangement for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is costing taxpayers upwards of $1 million per month.