Betsy DeVos Just Tried To Visit A Public School, And It Blew Up In Her Face (VIDEO)
This morning, new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos attempted to visit Jefferson Middle School in Washington D.C. in what might have been one of her first interactions with a public school. However, as she approached the door DeVos found herself physically blocked by protestors, many of them parents who are appalled by her proposed policies that look poised to destroy public school education.
Sec. DeVos physically blocked by protesters from entering DC school–turned away and left. Unclear if she attempted another door. @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/buNgmOJbya
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) February 10, 2017
Protesters not allowing Betsy DeVos' advance team near SW DC school where she's expected to visit pic.twitter.com/dC6m2IGbCc
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) February 10, 2017
Handful of protesters now standing in front of SW DC middle school ahead of visit by Sec. Betsy DeVos pic.twitter.com/uzhuyeXEeE
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) February 10, 2017
Billionaire DeVos has never attended a public school, nor did she deign to send her own children to public school. She has been a school choice advocate in Michigan for decades (with disastrous effects for the state’s students) and is a major Republican donor who bought her cabinet spot. Despite her interest in “educational activism,” DeVos actually has no relevant qualifications or experience, making her an atrocious pick for a spot in Donald Trump’s cabinet.
Fortunately, parents are fierce and relentless advocates when it comes to their children’s future and, as we have seen today, they are not about to stand by and let DeVos gut public education and further harm poor children’s opportunities. Today was a slap in the face for DeVos; as the nation’s top education policy leader, she cannot even enter a school.
