New Leadership at the USDOE
The education world has not had a lot to celebrate over the past year. The weight and burdens of the pandemic, budget challenges, concern for the well being of students, and upheavals over everything from racial justice to safety restrictions have dominated education policy debates. But this week, anyone who supports public education will celebrate the ascendency of Dr. Miguel Cardona as the new leader at the U.S. Department of Education. Cardona is expected to replace Secretary Betsy DeVos, who officially resigned from her cabinet post after the attacks on the U.S. Capitol January 6. DeVos will likely go down in history as the worst Secretary of Education in the history of our Republic. DeVos's lack of education experience, not only made her completely unqualified for the job, but her tenure will forever be stained by the outright hostility to P-16 public education. But enough about the past, history will record her abuse of predatory for-profit inst...