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Defiant Ed Sec. Slips Past Angry Mob: ‘No School Door in America Will Be Blocked’
Cybercast News Service ^ | February 10, 2017 | 5:41 PM EST | Craig Bannister

Posted on 02/10/2017 7:41:27 PM PST by Olog-hai

With the aid of D.C. School and U.S. Education Department staff, Education Sec. Betsy DeVos eluded screaming protesters blocking the door of a D.C. public school where she was scheduled to meet with education advocates on Friday. […]

After the meeting, DeVos issued a defiant statement, saying she won’t let protesters keep her from doing her job of improving the U.S. educational system:

“I will not be deterred in executing the vital mission of the Department of Education. No school door in America will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation’s school children.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: devos; education; jeffersonacademy; liberalagenda; nea; publicschools; rioters; unions
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To: Olog-hai

Betsy should have ordered the cops to arrest anyone blocking her entrance to the school building.


21 posted on 02/11/2017 1:19:01 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cen-Tejas

After she blows up the Teacher Union and School Choice for everybody


22 posted on 02/11/2017 1:23:40 AM PST by Jimmy The Snake
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To: Olog-hai

Let’s remember that Washington is usually 49thor 50th in student performance.yet spends about $12,000 per pupil.


23 posted on 02/11/2017 2:42:17 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Olog-hai

She knows her boss will help her make it so - gotta be great working for Trump - if you have the stamina and will to succeed.


24 posted on 02/11/2017 3:54:42 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jimmy The Snake

...........arguably, neither one will be around long after the Federal Government, i.e. The Education Department, is CLOSED down.


25 posted on 02/11/2017 1:54:11 PM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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