Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, Besty Devos has never attended a public school. Nor has she ever worked in a school of
any kind, at any level. Nor does she have political experience, for what that's worth.
She is a wealthy (billionaire) heiress who has used her money and connections to open up a web of charter schools in Michigan. The charter schools she has opened are among the worst performing schools in the state.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/betsy-devos-michigan-school-experiment-232399
She has no experience or understanding of fundamental issues and debates in education, as was shown when Senator Franken asked her to explain the difference between evaluation based on "proficiency" and "growth" and she could not.
She also said that student debt has increased by 980% in the last 8 years, which is just a made up number (it has increased 118%).
She is ignorant on issues and her policies have track record of failure in her own home state. So what is her qualification, you might ask? Her family is among the largest national donors to the Republican party
http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...amily-amway-michigan-politics-religion-214631
She has many investments in companies that could benefit greatly if public education money were to be funneled into charter schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/politics/betsy-devos-education-senate-hearing.html
This is NOT the way America is supposed to work.
Tim Kaine destroyed her, by the way, for what that's worth: