Betsy DeVos is Mr. Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, a wiser choice to make America great again, or is it? She, along with her family fortune have poured almost a million and a half dollars into legislator's campaign coffers to realize her dream of charter schools. Now that Michigan has charter schools, like Minnesota and its charter school system, there are a lot of charter schools that are below about par in graduation/ test scores, just like public schools. In Michigan’s charter school system, there is an abundance of charter schools that are under preforming to the standard set by the State of Michigan. Betsy DeVos has no educational experience, period. She has never been a teacher, [she has said that public school teacher are overpaid] she has not been
…show more content…
Mrs. DeVos clings to the idea of a voucher system modeled after Indiana's voucher system, Right now, Indiana has the biggest voucher system in the country. This is hurting public schools students by reducing all types of programs because of enrollment issues. Indiana allows mid to above average income families to receive vouchers. These families can now send their children to private schools with their parents additional financial help. The low income families an get their voucher BUT, they still can't go, because they don't have the extra money to pay for top educational-type of school. This is taking money out of the school districts coffers, because voucher students take their money with them to, for profit charter schools. A prime example is Indiana, in 2011 there were 3,911 students receiving vouchers. In 2016 there was 23.686 students that were taking money out of the public school system by the voucher system. The Voucher system was set up for students who usually come from families near the poverty line, have special needs, or be zoned for low-performing schools or districts. But not in Betsy DeVos's world, the Voucher proponents don't get it. Research suggests
Mrs. DeVos clings to the idea of a voucher system modeled after Indiana's voucher system, Right now, Indiana has the biggest voucher system in the country. This is hurting public schools students by reducing all types of programs because of enrollment issues. Indiana allows mid to above average income families to receive vouchers. These families can now send their children to private schools with their parents additional financial help. The low income families an get their voucher BUT, they still can't go, because they don't have the extra money to pay for top educational-type of school. This is taking money out of the school districts coffers, because voucher students take their money with them to, for profit charter schools. A prime example is Indiana, in 2011 there were 3,911 students receiving vouchers. In 2016 there was 23.686 students that were taking money out of the public school system by the voucher system. The Voucher system was set up for students who usually come from families near the poverty line, have special needs, or be zoned for low-performing schools or districts. But not in Betsy DeVos's world, the Voucher proponents don't get it. Research suggests