That's incorrect Brine:
*Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on School Choice, Vouchers and Religion* http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/02/07/education-secretary-betsy-devos-on-school-choice-vouchers-and-religion.html On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > Why I am against De Vos is that she is all for charter schools and tax > payers paying for private school ... not what I want!!! She actually worked > with Corey Booker when he was Mayor of Newark, NJ on their charter school > programs. > > It also feels like she bought her way into the administration with about > $200 million in donations. > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/01/17/devos- > says-its-possible-her-family-has-donated-200m-to-republicans/#1d9c776a4268 > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:15 PM, mitchscove <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Millions of dollars have been contributed by the NEA and AFT to the 10 >> Democratic committee members to defeat Republican challengers, according to >> OpenSecrets.org. >> >> >> The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee begins >> confirmation hearings on DeVos Wednesday. >> >> >> DeVos is one of eight Trump Cabinet nominees who are “troublesome” and >> will be prime targets for defeat, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of >> New York announced >> <https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-04/eight-trump-cabinet-nominees-called-troublesome-by-schumer> >> Jan. 4. >> >> >> Among the Democrats on the committee who never attended public school are >> Sen. Robert Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania, Rhode Island’s Sen. Sheldon >> Whitehouse, and Colorado’s Sen. Michael Bennet. >> >> >> Casey and his father are regarded as the most famous alumni of Scranton >> Preparatory School, a Catholic Jesuit preparatory day school in >> Pennsylvania. Casey’s daughters, Caroline Casey and Julia Madeline, also >> attended Scranton Prep. >> >> NEA and AFT together have given more than $60,000 to Casey’s campaigns >> over the years. >> >> >> Whitehouse attended >> <http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/27/style/the-betrothal-of-sandra-c-thornton-to-sheldon-whitehouse-announced.html> >> St. >> Paul’s School, a private boarding school situated on 2,000 rolling acres >> near Concord, New Hampshire. His daughter, Molly, attended the Wheeler >> School in Providence, while his son, Alexander, attended a private boarding >> school. >> >> >> Whitehouse has not stated outright how he will vote on the DeVos >> nomination, but he reportedly told a local town meeting that he “questioned >> whether DeVos had ever entered a public school, drawing laughs.” >> >> >> Whitehouse said during a 2012 Senate debate that he sent his children to >> private school because he wanted “the best education that I can for them, >> and I felt that, in their circumstances, the places that I chose to send >> them were the best schools for them,” as The Daily Caller News Foundation >> previously reported >> <http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/06/revealed-dem-senator-bashing-betsy-devos-had-no-problem-personally-profiting-from-charter-schools/#ixzz4VD1MiPdo> >> . >> >> >> Bennet attended St. Alban’s, one of Washington’s most elite private >> schools. His private school background and lack of public education >> experience didn’t sit well when he was tapped in 2005 as superintendent of >> Denver’s public schools. Bennet’s daughter was attending the Logan >> School for Creative Learning private academy when he was nominated. She >> was reportedly taken out of the school. >> >> >> Bennet got $82,000 from the NEA in his 2010 Senate campaign. The teachers >> union independently spent $1.9 million to defeat Bennet’s Republican >> opponent Ken Buck. The AFT gave Bennett $57,000 in 2010. >> >> >> Minnesota Sen. Al Franken’s two children attend Dalton School, described >> by the liberal-leaning Daily Beast as “one of New York’s most exclusive >> and rigorous private schools and boasts an impressive roster of celebrity >> alumni, including Anderson Cooper and Claire Danes.” Dalton’s >> application asks parents to list any prestigious titles they hold, >> including, “Princess, Senate and Ambassador,” according to TheDaily Beast. >> >> >> Franken describes Dalton as “a very high-powered, expensive New York City >> private high school.” How expensive? Dalton’s tuition >> <http://www.dalton.org/information/admissions/tuition_and_financial_assistance> >> is currently $44,640 a year. >> >> >> Franken’s daughter, Thomasin, is director >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasin-franken-2369252b> of extended >> learning at DC Prep, which provides managerial assistance to >> “high-performing charter schools.” >> >> >> NEA gave Franken $10,000 in campaign funds. >> >> >> Tom Hassan, husband of Sen. Maggie Hassan and the newest Democratic >> member of the Senate Committee on Education, served as principal of the >> elite Phillips Exeter Academy. Hassan’s daughter, Margaret, also attended >> the Academy. >> >> >> Hassan last year was censured >> <http://www.unionleader.com/Tom-Hassan-accepts-censure-in-Phillips-Exeter-scandal> >> by the Association of Boarding Schools for failing to disclose sexual >> misconduct charges against a faculty member who later received an education >> award. Hassan left the academy in 2015. >> >> >> Sen. Maggie Hassan received $10,000 from the NEA in 2016, and the union >> also independently spent $1.5 million against her Republican opponent, Sen. >> Kelly Ayotte, according to the FEC. AFT also spent $4,400 to defeat Ayotte. >> >> >> Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s granddaughter, Otavia Tyagi, attends the trendy >> Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. Westlake alumni >> include such Hollywood stars as Shirley Temple, Candice Bergen, Jamie Lee >> Curtis, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bridget Fonda, June Lockhart, Myrna Loy, and >> Tori Spelling. >> >> >> Educator Frederick Hess, author of “Cage-Busting Teacher” and “Education >> Unbound” called it “hypocritical” for elected officials who benefited from >> private schools to deny the same opportunity to others, especially those >> from economically less privileged neighborhoods. >> >> >> “It’s just bizarre to see people who have exercised those school options >> suggesting that it’s somehow problematic or malicious to extend those >> options to all families,” said Hess, who is also executive editor of >> Education Next. >> >> None of the six senators responded to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s >> request for comment. >> >> >> http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/09/senate-dems-set-to-scrutin >> ize-trumps-ed-secretary-pick-attended-private-schools/ >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 10:24:59 AM UTC-5, OhioMark wrote: >>> >>> Can you say hypocrisy? 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