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Episode Synopsis
This week, Katie and Chelsea have a special send-off for the outgoing Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. They cover policy and guidelines in both DeVos's home state of Michigan and on the national stage that have impacted educators over the last four years. Katie learns about pounds per square inch, and Chelsea makes the same mistake twice in a week.Newsweek - Betsy DeVos Lavish LifestyleWikipedia - Betsy DeVosThe New York Times - "To Understand Betsy DeVos’s Educational Views, View Her Education"BBC News - "Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, so unpopular?"US News - "Unusual, But Not Uncommon"NEA - Education Votes - "Students and Educators Can’t Take Four More Years of Betsy DeVos and Donald Trump"NPR - "The Florida Recount Of 2000: A Nightmare That Goes On Haunting"The Washington Post - "A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education"The New York Times Magazine - "Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost."FindLaw - "Compulsory Education Laws: Background"Politico - DeVos' Michigan schools experiment gets poor grades
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