Opinion | Rep. Mark Pocan: 'DeVos' confirmation hearing raised many red flags. Now America's children are dealing with the consequences of her incompetence.' - NBCNewsTHINK
the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, taking away a program that aids our nation’s teachers, firefighters and public servants.
When you take DeVos’s record at the Department of Education as a whole, it’s clear she does not value equal access and opportunity for all students. Rather, DeVos has sided again and again with the special interests and the deeply hurtful and discriminatory policies of the Trump administration. Indeed, her actions are really just part of a larger pattern under Trump where the government is focused on serving Americans who are white, wealthy, and privileged.
When you take DeVos’s record at the Department of Education as a whole, it’s clear she does not value equal access and opportunity for all students. Our public education system plays a critical in expanding opportunities for the next generation of Americans and ensuring that our students — especially for those in marginalized and underserved communities — have the resources they need to succeed. However, more than two years into the Trump administration, the damage that is being done by the Department of Education will cause lasting, lifelong effects for millions of students and their families.
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