Tag Archives: Secretary of Education

We should have stopped Betsy DeVos when we had the chance

By Mark | November 27, 2016

On behalf of the people of Michigan, I apologize… Not only were we one of three states credited with making Donald Trump, the least qualified presidential candidate in American history, our President-elect, but, as it turns out, we might also be responsible for ending public education as we know it. You see, we, the people […]

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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to visit Detroit, commend Republican progress on education reform

By Mark | September 7, 2011

Tomorrow, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be on the Michigan leg of his three-day “Education and the Economy” tour of the midwest. According to his published itinerary, he will be starting the day in Detroit. …where he will join Gov. Rick Snyder, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, […]