S2 E26: Betsy Devos Part 1

Kieryn and Eve discuss Devos' history and relationship to HSLDA to begin understanding what her recent attack on public education means and why HSLDA isn't fighting against the free government money they are notorious for hating. Hint: It's not good.

Show Notes:

Fact Sheet on the Devos Plan
https://www.ncpecoalition.org/trump-voucher-plan

Kushner's COVID plan
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air

True Believer
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060505912

Background
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos

HSLDA finds an Ally in Devos
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2017/05/28/devos-championing-homeschool-freedom-whslda

Devos is de-funding the public schools by giving that money to parents instead
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/betsy-devos-coronavirus-private-schools/2020/06/15/0c484d94-a50b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

Things we didn't even get to:

- https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/influential-conservative-group-trump-devos-should-dismantle-education-department-and-bring-god-into-classrooms/2017/02/15/196bf872-f2df-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html

- https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2020/07/19/how-educational-inequality-in-america-could-be-impacted-by-the-homeschooling-pod-frenzy/

- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/parents-working-from-home-want-more-support-for-home-schooling

- https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/if-schools-dont-open-the-funding-should-go-to-the-parents-trump-says.html