In a follow up on the first episode on Betsy DeVos, Kieryn and Eve are joined by listener Kristin to hear about her experience as a public school educator during the reign of DeVos. What has changed? What’s been the impact of those changes? What should we be looking out for this fall?

Show Notes:
Research: http://bit.ly/devosnotes
follow Kristin: @musicalgal123

S2 E26: Betsy Devos Part 1

Kieryn and Eve (FINALLY) discuss Devos’ history and relationship to HSLDA to begin understanding what her recent attack on public education means and why HSLDA isn’t fighting against the free government money they are notorious for hating. Hint: It’s not good.

Show Notes: 

Fact Sheet on the Devos Plan
https://www.ncpecoalition.org/trump-voucher-plan

Kushner’s COVID plan: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air

True Believer 

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060505912

Background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos

HSLDA finds an Ally in Devos
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2017/05/28/devos-championing-homeschool-freedom-whslda

Devos is de-funding the public schools by giving that money to parents instead

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/betsy-devos-coronavirus-private-schools/2020/06/15/0c484d94-a50b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

Things we didn’t even get to: 

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/influential-conservative-group-trump-devos-should-dismantle-education-department-and-bring-god-into-classrooms/2017/02/15/196bf872-f2df-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2020/07/19/how-educational-inequality-in-america-could-be-impacted-by-the-homeschooling-pod-frenzy/
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/parents-working-from-home-want-more-support-for-home-schooling
• https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/if-schools-dont-open-the-funding-should-go-to-the-parents-trump-says.html