Head of DeVos-backed group resigns in wake of domestic abuse comments
The head of a school choice advocacy group founded by Betsy DeVos, the newly minted U.S. Secretary of Education, has resigned in the wake of comments he made about domestic violence during a legislative committee hearing last week.
The official statement from the Great Lakes Education Project, where Gary Naeyaert was executive director, says the organization "is taking some time to reorganize to best continue the advocacy of quality school choice options for all Michigan K-12 students."
But Naeyaert drew fire after a Feb. 28 Senate Education Committee meeting in which he talked about his frustration with Natasha Baker, the state school reform officer whose office has drawn fire for identifying 38 chronically failing schools for potential closure.
"I wanted to shake her, like I like to shake my wife when every option in front of you is not possible. They’re all equally unattractive to you. Like when I ask her where to go to dinner and she says anywhere, and I say Steak and Shake, and she says, not Steak and Shake."
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