betsy devos on cnn. she's in way over her head. no guidance on what schools should do.

[spanone]

just another pathetic trump surrogate.

her 'guidance' is 'all schools should open'.

she won't say that if schools feel they can't safely open because of a flare up, they should remotely teach. WON'T SAY IT.

keeps repeating 'kids NEED to be back in school'

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR KIDS. FUCK THESE CRETINS.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Greed Over People has become a reflex for them. . . . nt

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Hey Betsy, tell me if these schools are going to be opened in September:

1. Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts (above)

2. Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, California

3. Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire

4. Trinity School, New York, New York

5. Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut

6. St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, Texas

7. Lakeside School, Seattle, Washington

8. The College Preparatory School, Oakland, California

9. St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire

10. The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

11. Miss Porters, Farmington, Connecticut

12. Church Farm School, Exton, Pennsylvania

13. Asheville School, Asheville, North Carolina

12. The Madeira School, McLean, Virginia

And more: https://thebestschools.org/features/best-boarding-schools-in-us/

[RVN VET71]

23. It's not the same thing, silly!

These schools, and hundreds like them, are all privately funded so the well-to-do parents of those children have the right to decide whether to allow the schools to reopen or not -- without government interference.

All of the other schools are publicly funded so the students and faculty and support staff in them all deserve to die!

It's all really very simple when you look at it like a Republican.

[Tech]

3. Rich Girl by Hall and Oats come to mind when she and Ivanka are brought up. Not only

are the useless, they are damaging.

[spanone]

5. I've rarely seen her interviewed. She talks all over her interviewer.

and is woefully unprepared.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[Alex4Martinez]

4. Here's a clip:

Link to tweet

[spanone]

9. Thanks!

[Alex4Martinez]

18. As an educator, I thank you for this post.

She is a symbol of all that's sick in this administration, preying on the most vulnerable and most vital among us, our youth.

[lastlib]

19. Cruella DeVos.......

undiluted evil.

Beware the devil woman, with evil on her mind.....

[smirkymonkey]

10. I can't stand the sight of that evil woman.

I really hope they find some dirt on her, because I would love to see her in prison.

[theaocp]

11. Unlikely.

She's a member of the donor class and has more than enough FU money.

[BigmanPigman]

14. I won't even watch.

[ResistantAmerican17]

20. Or at least see her yachts wreck into each other again at a minimum

But prison would be better.

[Iliyah]

7. She is unqualified and only put there to do . .

maximum damage like many other RWers who where place in key governmental agencies to do the same, i.e. the Intelligence Community to name one . . .

[boston bean]

8. Useless. Utterly useless

And stupid. And uncaring. And just a mean, ignorant willfully stupid woman.

[Snarkoleptic]

12. She can't come out and say it, but her approach is 'god will sort it out'.

n/t

[onethatcares]

13. her husband runs a ponzi scheme

and her brother runs a merc for hire business.

Who ya gonna believe?

[LisaL]

15. Oh I can provide guidance.

School shouldn't open until the infections in the community are under control, or we have an effective vaccine.

[spanone]

16. She wouldn't even say they should go by the CDC guidelines...

she said they were flexible.

[Hortensis]

17. Bad eggs who CAN'T admit what they intend typically deceive

viewers by saying nothing substantive, leading people to swallow the idea that they're relatively harmless.

DeVos is a social, religious and economic conservative extremist who's worked for decades to END mandatory public education and its ungodly attempts to teach children to think. She's a passionately devoted true believer and activist.

She CAN'T tell America she wants to erase the middle class and turn us into a nation of servants of God and His wealthy ruling classes. And "god" help those who don't go along.

Training people to serve in God's Kingdom is the ONLY universal educational goal she believes in. Education for itself, beyond what is needed to serve God and business as workers, is unnecessary for most people and leads to problems. Not everyone needs to be trained in jobs skills, either, and there are many clues in her life to deeply ruthless attitudes toward those who don't fit her picture.

She is, naturally enough, also passionately opposed to allowing workers to empower themselves through organized labor.

Here's a sample of the sort of thing she's been up to in the past, from Mother Jones:

Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty: Betsy DeVos served on the board of this Grand Rapids-based think tank, which endorses a blend of religious conservatism and unrestrained capitalism. It is headed by a Catholic priest, Robert Sirico, who has argued that welfare programs should be replaced by religious charities.

In a paper titled “America’s Public Schools: Crisis and Cure,” a former Acton advisory board member named Ronald Nash wrote, “No real progress towards improving American education can occur as long as 90 percent of American children are being taught in government schools that ignore moral and religious beliefs.” In November, Acton came under fire for an essay on its website whose original title was “Bring Back Child Labor.”

[cp]

21. Dead kids

That's what she's after.

[AZ8theist]

22. All part of her NAZI plan to destroy public education.

She's just another VILE piece of shit.

[H2O Man]

24. Recommended.

I find her more repulsive than most of the administration. She is an evil being.

Two days ago, I called the president of my school district's teachers union. In the past 12 years, we have had numerous opportunities to support each other on a variety of issues. We are a rural district, and the potential for re-opening is likely much safer than in urban districts. My son her age works in a city school as a crisis counselor, and it seems riskier for them to open. Still, even in a rural district, it presents serious problems.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Young Girl At Golf Course Today

Her mom runs the clubhouse. Daughter has a summer gig sanitizing carts & going into 8th grade. (They live with dad's parents on the course, so she's only a 200 yard walk away.)
She tells me they were told school is opening like normal!
And this is Illinois, where positivity rates is under 3, in a county where it's under 2.2.
So, obviously we've done most of the things pretty well.
Not sure they made the right call here.
However, I'm hearing different ideas for the other 9 districts in which I sub.
So, not sure what's accurate and what isn't.

[IronLionZion]

26. Students should bring assault rifles to shoot the virus

I like how she has a bookshelf behind her with no books on it. It's sums up Betsy DeVos pretty well.

[EleanorR]

27. And senate republicans confirmed her. They own all of this.

[BobTheSubgenius]

28. In over her head?

She'd be out of her depth in a puddle on an outdoor basketball court.

[Martin Eden]

29. Kakistocracy

Government by the worst people, appointed by the very worst person.