The Pros And Cons Of Betsy Devos

On November 8th, 2016, the United States will finally have its presidential election for the 45th President of the United States of America. This election will be a grating race between a number of political parties and their respective nominees. Two parties are more notable than the others, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Democratic Party has a well-known nominee; Hillary Clinton, who has served as secretary of state, and has been the senator of New York, she has also been the first lady of the U.S while her husband, former president Bill Clinton was in office (Hillary For America). Mrs. Hillary Clinton is mainly a candidate for president because of her experience and great attributes. Alongside Clinton is Mr. Donald J. Trump, who is the respective presidential nominee for the Republican Party. Donald Trump is a well-known billionaire real estate personnel, who rose up to his status due to his great business intellect (Donald Trump Biography). In like matter, there are other nominees for president; however, Trump and Clinton are the two that are most significant and one if not the other will eventually overtake the position as President of the United States. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are formidable

Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1954 and was the child of a teacher and Presbyterian minister. Most of Rice’s younger years were spent enclosed around racism. She graduated from the University of Denver and Notre Dame. Rice then became a professor of political science. At Stanford, Rice became the first African-American and first woman to serve as provost of the university.

During a debate of Attorney General Jeff Sessions qualifications, Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced under Rule XIX Section 2. The rule states “No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.” According to the rules, Senator Warren was in clear violation and therefore appropriate. However there are two issues with this rule, one inherently partisan, the other ethical.

From 1992 to 1997, Betsy DeVos also worked for the Michigan Republican Party. Moreover, she won a reelection to her post. In addition, Betsy DeVos holds the distinction of being an advocate for the charter school system in Detroit. Currently, she also remains a member of the board of the foundation for excellence and education. For those unaware, Dick DeVos remains the former CEO of the company Amway. Moreover, Richard DeVos remains her father-in-law. To expound further, she hails from a unique background. Moreover,

Education is the most powerful tool one can arm themselves with. Education provides people with the power to innovate, invent, and change the world. Recognized on a global basis as the ultimate key to unlocking one’s potential, education is one of, if not the most important aspect of a human being’s life. Despite this recognition of education as a necessary aspect of positive advancement, there has lately been a high amount of controversy surrounding the education system in the United States. A large amount of this controversy surrounds the views of the new secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, who strongly believes in the concept of school-choice vouchers, which are essentially subsidies given directly to parents to

Elizabeth Warren achieved many feats in office but also in her life before politics. Her first known recognition was during her high school years. While in high school, Elizabeth Warren was a well-known debater, earning the title “Oklahoma’s top high school debater” (“Elizabeth Warren”). Even during high school, teachers recognized her strengths. To be a debater, a person must have personality traits that are shown with this title. In order for Elizabeth Warren to receive this title, numerous people recognized her strengths not only as a debater, but as a person as well.

Donald Trump announced on November 23, 2016, that he would appoint Betsy DeVos to be his pick to be the United States Secretary of Education, head of the Department of Education. Donald Trump promised his supporters that he would “drain the swamp”, but many argue that yet another cabinet choice, Betsy DeVos, contradicts this. While some might stipulate that Mrs. DeVos is not nearly as controversial as a Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions or Steve Mnuchin, opponents to DeVos state that she is easily as dangerous for the future of the nation, putting the next generation of young people at stake. Based on her performance in the recent Senate hearings and prior record, it is evident that Betsy DeVos is a controversial pick between Democrats and Republicans

It allows senators to think before setting in stone a mistake that can be prevented. In an editorial of fifteen paragraphs, Blatt and Scott only utilize six compound and complex sentences. The do this purposefully. Those compound or complex sentences represent the importance of DeVos. She really should be the Secretary of Education, but she is. That is about the most importance she has. Throughout their editorial, Blatt and Scott utilize short simple sentences. Those sentences imitate the urgency of gaining supporters. Within the US, public schools lack funding and teachers which causes only the students to suffer. This need to change and it is time for more parents to stand with Blatt and Scott, establishing a unified tone. This should no longer be the social norm. Blatt and Scott would break away from this social norm, and change society for the

Betsy DeVos is a renowned billionaire Republican donor, education activist, philanthropist and the current Secretary of Education under President Donald J. Trump. According to a news report published by Heavy.com, there are many interesting things about Betsy DeVos that the public may not know. First, she has strong family ties, her husband Dick DeVos, is a prominent entrepreneur, a community activist and heir to a $5 billion fortune. Devos family has a history of donating significant amounts of money to the Republican Party and its causes, thanks to their longstanding relationship with the Republican Party. DeVos has been actively participating in politics for over 35 years. In the early years, DeVos held several positions in the Republican Party, including that of Chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1995 to 2005. She also led lead party campaigns, political action committees and party organizations.

For instance, DeVos’ supporter Senator Susan Collins said that the new secretary appears to view education through the lens of her experience in Detroit where she has done “valuable work” per The Detroit News article Our Editorial: Keep fighting for Betsy DeVos. I disagree with her viewpoint. Firstly, in 2000, DeVos failed to a get a voucher legislation passed in Michigan (Jung). In addition to the New Yorker’s article written by Rebecca Mead named Betsy DeVos and the Plan to Break Public Schools reminds the reader that Betsy DeVos has never attended, taught, or administered in a public school or university. Lastly, Dr. Susan Berry reported that almost two-thirds of Detroit’s charter fourth and fifth graders are performing worse than the traditional public schools featured by Breibart. Betsy DeVos has a record of favoring vouchers over public schools, and with the state of Detroit’s public institutions being financially and academically bankrupt— the process of phasing out public education has already started in DeVos’ home

“We are heading headlong into a new century, and thus,” DeVos’ memo states, “we are going to be heading into a new era in the Department of Education. We will be returning to the Three R’s, except with what I like to call the ‘DeVos Twist.'”

Betsy DeVos is a billionaire with a complex web of investments, some which include connections to federal education policy, who is interested in being in charge of education for our nation. And of course, there is going to be voting to determine whether she is right for the job or not. Out of 23 senators, all 12 republican senators voted for her, however all 11 democrat senators, voted against her. The democrats were not satisfied and stated that it was not a fair vote because someone casted a vote on behalf of one of the republicans. The choice on whether or not to grant Ms. DeVos this position has shown the many different views of people towards her. In the article, Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who was also the chairman of the committee,

This will be the ONLY thing I post about Kim Davis, simply because I believe she doesn't deserve ANY of the attention she's getting. This attention is doing nothing but rewarding her bad behavior. You break the law, then you should go to jail. Simple as that.

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America on November 8th, 2016, and now has been running our country for over a year. As Trump’s first year in office slowly began, his reputation seems to be creating different outside views of our nation and arguments started producing everywhere. After competing with Hillary Clinton for the presidential term in office, Trump defeated her along with her democratic supporters causing one of the most shocking elections in U.S. history. Using public media web pages, we are reviewing both sides of the argument regarding Trump’s election and we are going to decipher why each arguer supports their side, and why each side is reasonable for the benefit of our country.

Who should be in control of ours school? Unions? School boards? The government? Everybody want access to our schools and make the changes that they think is better. Better for who? Students, teacher, or themselves? Is it a real compromise from the state and federal government of having control of our schools? Having local control is working best for our students? Are the people in these positions working for the best of our country or there are a conflict of interest? According to Bergmann (2010), “preparing our students to compete in a global economy, bridging the achievement gap, bringing classrooms into 21st Century Learning, and keeping quality teachers in the classroom are complex issues with no easy solutions.” It 's hard to prepare our schools for the new comings, but we need to put our best effort to have the best education of the world. Student achievement has stagnated or declined since 1970, and the cost of sending a child to the K-12 systems has tripled, even with the adjusted inflation (Coulson, 2010). Who must be in control?