Our new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has so far come with a lot of controversy and protests.  She supports charter schools, wants to get rid of the public school system and let’s not forget, does not have experience in the public schools!  I am now flashing back to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act signed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and how the scripted teacher guides and test-score driven culture made teaching, for me, very difficult.

Read this article: DeVos Criticized Teachers at D.C. School She Visited- and They Are Not Having It by the Washington Post, where DeVos said that teachers seemed to be in “receive mode”. We are confused as to how DeVos was confirmed as she does not have public school experience, so listen to my construction worker analogy!

Well, we can vent all day, but let’s turn this situation into a positive one and take action by reading Betsy DeVos Is Our Education Secretary.  Here’s What To Do Next by Upworthy.  The article wants us to not lose hope, donate to libraries, support the arts, donate to Donors Choose (listen to Episode 16 about how I use Donors Choose to get funding!), think local, and fight for more affordable or free higher education, etc.  So, what will YOU do now?

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