Posted on 11/23/2016 2:18:48 PM PST by mdittmar
Eskelsen García: Trump nominee supports failed education policies that hurt students
WASHINGTON - November 23, 2016 -
The Trump administration announced today its plan to nominate Betsy DeVos, best known for her anti-public education campaigns, for the position of Secretary of Education.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Lily Eskelsen García:
Every day, educators use their voice to advocate for every student to reach his or her full potential. We believe that the chance for the success of a child should not depend on winning a charter lottery, being accepted by a private school, or living in the right ZIP code. We have, and will continue, to fight for all students to have a great public school in their community and the opportunity to succeed no matter their backgrounds or circumstances.
Betsy DeVos has consistently worked against these values, and her efforts over the years have done more to undermine public education than support students. She has lobbied for failed schemes, like vouchers which take away funding and local control from our public schools to fund private schools at taxpayers expense. These schemes do nothing to help our most-vulnerable students while they ignore or exacerbate glaring opportunity gaps. She has consistently pushed a corporate agenda to privatize, de-professionalize and impose cookie-cutter solutions to public education. By nominating Betsy DeVos, the Trump administration has demonstrated just how out of touch it is with what works best for students, parents, educators and communities.
The National Education Association advocates for investing in smart strategies that we know help to improve the success of all our students, including creating more opportunities and equity for students, classes small enough for one-on-one attention, modern textbooks and a well-rounded curriculum for every student. We also know that the voices of educators those who know the names of the students they educate should always be present at the table when making decisions that impact student success. Educators will continue to focus on raising their voices in support of their students and against any effort by the Trump administration to undermine the educational opportunity of all public school students.
The NEA and all other public sector unions need to be found illegal and disbarred immediately
Another endorsement
Interesting endorsement.
Delete the Department of Education in its entirety!
Get rid of it!
It serves no useful purpose!.................
I'm for her.
The fact that the NEA is against her, makes me want to endorse her. Power on.... Charge on. Stay the course. Keep draining the swamp.
must be a good pick
I was skeptical...this gives me a little more confidence in the pick. Thanks NEA stooge.
The NEA has just done a bang-up job with public “education” esp in the big cities, hasn’t it?
No one in the Trump Admin could possibly hurt education as much as the NEA has over time.
Past time to de-unionize “Teachers” Let them negotiate individually like the rest of us do. Good teachers will be amply rewarded Bad “teachers” will get what they deserve
The enemy of my kid’s enemy is my friend.
Amen!!!!
What BS!!!!! When they fight for exactly the opposite of ANYthing that could possibly lead to competition and better outcomes!
This is all the proof I need to justify supporting her appointment.
Except she is for common core and that NEEDS to be obliterated. Some areas are even forcing homschoolers to do certain number of hours of common core.
Really, just someone in a bully pulpit to convince local boards to institute phonics (as opposed to “whole word” or “blended”) reading pedagogy would be a huge step that would help young children instantly.
And it would sidestep the vouchers debate.
The only thing the NEA believes in is peaking at 93k and retiring at 55 at 80% of that and free lifetime medical insurance.
They believe in that a lot.
I thought she tweeted she’s against Common Core.
What a pantload.
Fumigate the DoE, close it doors, and lock it up. Or else Trump has missed the opportunity of a generation. The NEA is nothing but a political arm of the DoE.
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