The Dig: Diane Ravitch on Trump, DeVos, and the Corporate Education Reform Agenda

Jacobin Radio · Jan 31, 2017 · 55m

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Donald Trump has nominated Betsy DeVos, a free-market, far-right Christian billionaire dedicated to privatizing public schools, to be his Secretary of Education.

In her confirmation hearing, DeVos made it painfully clear that she has little understanding of public education aside from her dedication to destroying it. She is the heir to an auto parts fortune, and her husband, Dick, is the heir to a fortune derived from the direct sales company…