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Horace Mann

Common Schools Against DeVos

For evidence of the assault on public schooling in the United States one need look no further than the language used and suggestions made by our current Secretary of Education. Few can argue against the claim that she has spent the last six months zealously promoting a voucher agenda rather than providing the support schools across the nation are in serious need of. Betsy DeVos, whose confirmation hearings early this year made brutally evident her unawareness of the historic importance of public education in this country as well as her unpreparedness for the position and the challenges it brings, is Read more