[mdittmar]

Well,looks like President J.David Cox Sr. and The American Federation of Government Employees are a bit behind the times;)

[Reddy]

Translation: It’s all about the unions (not the kids).

[FlingWingFlyer]

And there is what is wrong with America’s “schools”.

[riverrunner]

That statement alone confirms the right choice.

[allendale]

Would not wait up waiting for Trump to tweet a response to the American Federation of Government Employees. Mr. Cox will soon notice however that there will soon be fewer members in his “Federation”.

[billorites]

[stylin19a]

DeVos has ‘no meaningful experience in the classroom or in our schools.'

neither did Arne Duncan... i looked all over for a like message about duncan from the AFGE....couldn't find it.

[HarleyLady27]

Well get ready for another ‘riot’...the Teachers Union didn't get their way and they have used up the ‘safe places’; coloring books and crayons...

Tough! Get over it! We won, you lost!!!

[RoseofTexas]

Can she stop this insanity?..

Now CAIR is being called into Elementary schools in the United States to indoctrinate students against “islamophobia.”

[Jim W N]

My Statement: The best federal agency leaders are those who, if the agency is unconstitutional like the Dept of Education, begin immediately to dismantle the agency.

[NohSpinZone]

Apply the Holman Rule on these 67,000. Guaranteed the herd will be a lot thinner after that:

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/313629-use-holman-rule-on-federal-employees-that-work-full-time-for-union

[mikeus_maximus]

Government workers are the last bastion of unions. Everywhere else union membership numbers have declined to a small minority of workers in various industries. Which is to be expected since government workers, like union members, are not required to actually work at much.

[Iron Munro]

[ifinnegan]

“DeVos has been an outspoken opponent of our public-school system.”

That’s certainly not true.

These guys have a huge conflict of interest and they see reform or improvement as being an opponent of the public-school system. When it is not, just the opposite in fact.

DeVos is no radical could have been appointed by Jeb or Hillary and in the same position under Jeb or Hillary administration with guarded optimism by this same group.

[Wuli]

Mr Cox, an elitist among the education industrial complex makes the arrogant bureaucrats’ mistake in believing that it is the elites in the bureaucracy that can, unilaterally, define what the “mission” of the federal Department of Education is, not the people through their elected representatives & executives, and whom THEY appoint over the bureaucrats.

[browniexyz]

What now, a person who criticizes the system openly is not allowed to be in a position to change the system?

REALLY!!!!

[ExSES]

The "Education Lobby and their Unions" are in shock! How dare the Nation REALLY consider the education of students!!! It's going to be a long, hard fight!!!

[NJRighty]

DeVos has been an outspoken opponent of our public-school system.

All I need to know. She's qualified.

[goodnesswins]

American schools rank 25th in the world...idiots in the unions are the reason

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Looks like a fabulous endorsement of Trump’s cabinet selections and progress to date! He’s making America GREAT AGAIN!

[Red Badger]

AFGE needs to be dis-whatever it is that they did to PATCO in 1980’s.................