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The Republican Standard
- April 13, 2022
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Former Betsy Devos Aide Appointed Virginia’s Deputy Secretary of Education

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed McKenzie Snow, a long-time advocate for school choice and top aide of the former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, as Virginia’s deputy secretary of education. She will join state Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera on the governor’s Cabinet, overseeing instruction in Virginia from pre-kindergarten to higher education. Previously, she served as […]

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The Republican Standard
- August 21, 2018
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Support For School Choice Up Among Republicans

The Department of Education is now seeing support being gathered for more school choice directives.

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The Republican Standard
- May 3, 2018
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President Trump To Pull Federal Government Out Of K-12 Education

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Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to start pulling the federal government out of K-12 education. The move signals a delivery on one of his top campaign promises to return the control of schools back to state and local officials.

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The Republican Standard
- April 21, 2018
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U.S. Education Remains Worst In Civilized World Despite DeVos Reforms

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Until we start treating education reform like other federal entitlements, we are never going to get the results our children deserve.

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The Republican Standard
- September 7, 2017
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The Government Abuse of Title IX May Finally Be Ending

Betsy DeVos has had an uneven tenure at the Department of Education, sometimes struggling with the demands of a cabinet-level job. Today was not one of those times. In a detailed speech in front of an audience of law students in northern Virginia, DeVos announced that the federal policy on how colleges deal with accusations […]

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