House Democrats pile on to scrutinize DeVos

[DonViejo]

Committee leaders say they’re eager to look at her treatment of for-profit colleges, student loan forgiveness and campus sexual assault.

By MICHAEL STRATFORD 11/24/2018 07:13 AM EST

For two years, Democrats watched with fury as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sought to dismantle nearly every significant Obama administration education policy.

Now, they’re gearing up to fight back. Lots of them.

As many as five Democratic-led House committees next year could take on DeVos over a range of issues such as her rollback of regulations aimed at predatory for-profit colleges, the stalled processing of student loan forgiveness and a rewrite of campus sexual assault policies.

“Betsy DeVos has brought a special mix of incompetence and malevolence to Washington — and that’s rocket fuel for every committee in a new Congress that will finally provide oversight,” said Seth Frotman, who resigned as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s top student loan official earlier in protest of Trump administration policies likely to be examined by Democrats.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/24/betsy-devos-education-house-democrats-1012544

[Ohiogal]

1. "A special mix of incompetence and malevolence".

Well said.

[sarge43]

3. An excellent summation of Moron's pack of incompetents. n/t

[dalton99a]

2. DeVos to push for more for-profit programs such as computer coding boot camps and online courses

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/betsy-devos-to-the-rescue-for-profit-colleges-see-a-savior-in-secretary/2018/11/23/55066cfe-d3cb-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html

At the Education Department, DeVos has long believed the federal government should exercise as little control as possible over the nation’s schools, and she has spent a large chunk of her tenure undoing the work of her predecessors. She has revoked guidelines on affirmative action and transgender students, and is expected to cancel guidance regarding racial bias in school discipline.

Now, DeVos is poised to build a legacy of her own — creating new rules for schools and not just jettisoning regulations in place when she arrived. Her goal, aides say, is to encourage innovation by letting new players into the federal student loan program who are barred by today’s regulations, and eliminating or modifying requirements that no longer make sense.

That could benefit a fresh crop of for-profit programs such as computer coding boot camps and online courses in which students interact less with their teachers.

The question is whether her actions spur innovation and give students more choice or boost an industry with a track record of misleading and predatory practices.

[louis-t]

5. When repugs say "choices" and "flexibility"

grab your wallet and run.

[machoneman]

4. Funny, but already a billionaire, why she's pushing for more $ to...

for profits is beyond me. Why, does she need so many more $?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. I'd guess that God is telling her to do this ...

... for the good of the children. Especially the children in the Prince/DeVos families.

[sharedvalues]

8. That's the lie they use. They know thr agenda makes them richer.

Nm

[sharedvalues]

7. Niiiice. DeVos wants to destroy public education to enrich billionaires.

It’s clear DeVos and her allies (see her husbands speech at Heritage a decade ago) want to destroy public education.
That benefits billionaires in several ways:
- helps them cut taxes on the rich
- helps them indoctrinate conservative kids via private and home schools, where they never need to be exposed to reality as they would in public schools
- helps them get votes for their pro-billionaire agenda, as the uneducated are the ones who voted for Trump, probably because the uneducated are most susceptible to rightwing propaganda.


It will be good if Dems can expose this agenda.

[B Stieg]

9. Yes! As an educator and grad student with loan indebtedness...

this is EXACTLY what I voted for!

I just may have to rejoin the party...

[IcyPeas]

10. in all fairness....

there hasn't been even ONE grizzly bear attack in our schools.

[ck4829]

11. Kick