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Betsy DeVos protest filled with vulgar signs, foul language in Colorado Springs, attendees say
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Children and adults holding vulgar signs, yelling obscenities and making nasty gestures Wednesday outside a private pro-school choice luncheon featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos raised the ire of some who witnessed the demonstration. “I thought it was unbelievable,” said professor Josh Dunn, chairman of the political science department and director of the Center…
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos coming to Colorado Springs
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Colorado Springs businessman and real estate developer Steve Schuck and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have been friends and allies for a long time. So, when he invited her to Colorado Springs to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the nonprofit organization Schuck and his wife, Joyce, started to help low-income children attend schools of their choice,…
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Let’s protect Colorado’s students from unscrupulous loan servicers
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It’s no secret that student loan debt is a growing national problem, and Colorado is no exception; more than 761,000 Coloradans owe $24.75 billion in student loans in our state alone. As the cost of college continues to rise, and the burden of paying for school falls on students and their families, more and more…
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DFER: Why Colo. Democrats threw it out of their state assembly
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On April 14, in what was the most dramatic moment in the Democratic Party’s state assembly, party activists won delegates’ assembly approval for a demand that the Colorado chapter of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) stop using the word “Democrat” in its name. The move exposed a deepening schism in the party over school choice…
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Sen. Michael Bennet signs letter to get harassment out of federal agencies
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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is one of the 11 Senate Democrats calling on a federal agencies to ensure harassment has no place in the federal workplace. They signed letters to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar citing recent complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
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THE PODIUM: Mudslinging, a mixed message — yet a hopeful outcome — in Denver school board race
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The 2017 Denver School Board election was ideological, hard-fought and nasty at times. Activists both for and against the direction of Denver Pubic Schools were convinced that the election would be a referendum. Now that the dust has settled, I’m not sure the results add up to a clear message. The three at-large candidates, including…
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tours Air Force Academy, touts innovation
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The U.S. secretary of education toured the Air Force Academy campus, chatted with cadets over lunch and even hopped into the cockpit of a T-53 aircraft training simulator during a visit to the school on Wednesday. But if Betsy DeVos shared any ideas about her vision for America’s education system, it wasn’t apparent. The academy…
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Trump unites but education divides would-be Democratic governors, including in Colorado
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Coming to a Democratic primary near you: a clash over education issues. In several big states, governors who have supported charter schools are on their way out or facing a re-election fight in 2018. And while the party is united in its distaste for President Donald Trump, candidates vying for state leadership from California to…
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Ahead of conservative ALEC conference, protesters rally against ‘school choice’ policies
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A few hundred protesters gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to protest school choice policies pushed by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council. Standing on the west steps of the Capitol, activists – led by teachers’ unions – held signs that read, “Vouchers = Theft,” with anti-U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos photos on them. Some…
