Many of you may already know this, but Betsy DeVos, the nominee to be the next Secretary of the Department of Education, made it through the first hurdle. On a party line vote Ms. DeVos cleared the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions by a 12-11 vote.
She will now be scheduled for a full Senate vote in the coming days.
I did watch the entire hearing and can tell you that I was struck by a number of things. Ms. DeVos typically responded to a question by thanking members for their questions and often, in reply to a question or point made by a Senator (form either side of the aisle) would say that she looks forward to working with them on said question or proposition.
This may sound fine, on one level, but as an educator I was left with the impression that she was merely glossing over or moving on so to speak. More pointedly, I was left with the impression she knew little about public education in general and little about the department she would be running.
It will be interesting, and telling I might add, to see where the full Senate comes down on her nomination.
Dick
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