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Donald Trump Announces Pro-Common Core Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary

by Dr. Susan Berry President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announces the choice of Common Core and charter school  supporter Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education. President-elect Donald J. Trump will nominate Betsy DeVos, a brilliant and passionate education advocate, as Education Secretary. — Transition 2017 (@transition2017) November 23, 2016 Anti-Common Core grassroots groups of parents and teachers urged Trump to abandon DeVos as his choice, citing her support for the education reform policies of pro-Common Core Jeb Bush and her influence through the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) in favor of Common Core. Karen Braun who writes at Stop Common Core in Michigan noted:… View Article