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Betsy DeVos
National
After seeking to cut charter program, education department calls backers ‘desperate’
By Matt Barnum
Updated February 14, 2020
National
The Trump administration wants to cut federal education spending — including money for charter schools
By Matt Barnum, Kalyn Belsha
February 10, 2020
Tennessee
More voucher advocates join Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration
By Marta W. Aldrich
January 15, 2020

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National
10 stories that defined K-12 education in the 2010s
By Matt Barnum, Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee
December 20, 2019
National
Dozens of school districts applied to an Obama-era integration program before Trump officials axed it. Since then, many plans have gone nowhere.
By Kalyn Belsha
December 2, 2019
Pasadena, California high school National
Here’s what 17 school districts said they’d do with federal funding for school integration.
By Kalyn Belsha
Updated December 3, 2019
Colorado
Final-hour union-backed Denver school board mailers evoke Trump, DeVos, and teacher strike
By Eric Gorski, Erica Meltzer
November 2, 2019
National
DeVos uses disappointing national test scores to criticize federal involvement in education, push ‘education freedom’
By Matt Barnum
October 30, 2019
Detroit
Betsy DeVos claims victory for choice in her first Detroit school visit since getting the top education job
By Koby Levin
September 20, 2019
National
Betsy DeVos says schools are strapped for cash because of well-paid bureaucrats. Here’s why that’s misleading.
By Matt Barnum
September 19, 2019
Devos at Purdue Polytechnic Indiana
Back for more: DeVos returns to Indianapolis for a repeat visit to an innovation school
By Emma Kate Fittes
September 17, 2019
Tennessee
A renewed debate in Tennessee: Should schools be judged by how much students know, or how much they grow?
By Marta W. Aldrich
September 10, 2019
Indiana
Betsy DeVos visited a ‘model’ coding program for Indiana incarcerated youth. Here’s why.
By Emma Kate Fittes
August 14, 2019
National
How the National Teacher of the Year offers history lessons plus ‘love and care and comfort’
By Matt Barnum
May 15, 2019
National
D.C. voucher students don’t see test score gains, but are less likely to be frequently absent, latest research shows
By Matt Barnum
May 15, 2019