On of the biggest jokes in this administration, and that’s saying a lot.
“It's hurtful to me when I’m criticized for not upholding the rights of students, the civil rights of students,” DeVos told a small group of media outlets, as reported by Politico.
“Nothing could be further from the truth,” she added. “I have to turn it back around and say why do I keep getting criticized for that? I mean, nothing that I’ve done would suggest otherwise.”
She’s still entirely unqualified for her job.
What the fuck do we value?.
What the fuck do we value anyhow?
Ignorance? Stupidity? "Liberty", I guess. The freedom to believe and teach whatever we want, true or not.
I think it's more a poisonous hatred of "them" a'tellin' "us" what's what. And the south (and conservative Christians generally for semi-related reasons) is still ripe for this tripe as a hangover of the damn civil war and its aftermath.
Does any other Western nation allow so many private "Christian" schools which use a curriculum that is so opposed to mainstream scientific thinking and more or less brainwashes kids into fundamentalist religious thinking? Or allows so many parents to homeschool their kids with only a minimum of oversight and requirements? Or deliberately undermines its own public school system by allowing (and partially funding with taxpayer dollars) private companies and individuals to start for-profit charter schools that have fewer regulations and requirements than public schools? It's a wonder that our public schools are as good as most of them are, given all of the forces and pressures working on them.