Posted on 02/09/2017 6:22:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Among the initial opposition to Betsy DeVos' confirmation this week as education secretary were calls on social media by parents, including liberals, to start homeschooling their children.
That reaction to DeVos — a billionaire school-choice advocate who has never worked, attended or sent her kids to a public school — reflects how polarizing her nomination was.
It also comes layered with paradox.
That's because DeVos, whom the Senate confirmed Tuesday to head the Education Department, is herself a big proponent of homeschooling.
In a 2013 interview with Philanthropy magazine, DeVos, who has invested in private and charter schools and is an advocate for their expansion, said homeschooling was "another perfectly valid educational option."
She continued:
We've seen more and more people opt for homeschooling, including in urban areas. What you're seeing is parents who are fed up with their lack of power to do anything about where their kids are assigned to go to school. To the extent that homeschooling puts parents back in charge of their kids' education, more power to them.
DeVos' emphasis on school choice is a natural fit for the homeschool movement, whose members span the political spectrum but are largely conservative Christians who resist government oversight. That group has helped fuel remarkable growth in recent years, carrying the movement from the fringe and closer to the mainstream.
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I am definitely not tired of WINNING!
Please Mr. Fox, Don’t throw us into that brier patch!!!
So they shouldn't mind if the Dept of Education is eliminated?
Home schooling would be the best thing ever for most of these kids.
Libs seeking freedom from state control and exercising self-responsiblity?
not possible!
Blind, unthinking, reflexive opposition is sometimes hilarious. :-)
Yeah, because the secretary of the education dept has SO much effect on local education. But also, take note. These mental cases will use their own kids to make a political point. What would they do to us if given the chance?
DeVos’ confirmation is already starting to pay dividends. Especially for these kids who will be home schooled as a result of her confirmation.
**Among the initial opposition to Betsy DeVos’ confirmation this week as education secretary were calls on social media by parents, including liberals, to start homeschooling their children.**
Which, oddly enough, DeVos supports.
A bit like the Obamas then.
Any child that is being raised in a liberal household is being subjected to abuse.
Homeschooling leftists will save the government money, just as homeschooling conservatives have been doing for decades. But are they ready to sacrifice their careers for the sake of their kids? To discipline junior when he won’t do his homework?
Liberal Homeschooling:
“Now Kids, I’m going to teach you how to REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Oh no!
Please dont home school...it’s terrible.....this is not a good idea at all....why are you abandoning our quality public schools....oh the horror.
If I understand her position on this correctly, I believe she would applaud these people.
Love the West!!
Ok, that comment wins the internet.
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