Biden's Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos's Policies

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30. I am not a big charter school fan.

I believe that there have been some successful nonprofit charters that have improved students’ education, but far too many of them are just profit-making machines that shortchange students and then when results are poor they quit, leaving the public schools the job of reintegrating students whose knowledge may not have kept up with their grade peers. Even nonprofit charters need to be examined carefully because some are fronts for the profit-making management companies.

Given the fact that over 70 million people voted for Trump and Republicans and believe everything Fox News and Rush Limbaugh tell them, our education systems need a lot of help. I don’t think charters are the answer, especially some are clearly started to teach extremist religious perspectives and others to keep black and brown students out.

I suspect Dr. Jill will have a lot of influence on the next Secretary of Education.