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DeVos Considers Federal Funding to Arm Teachers – Texas May Have Given Her The Idea

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on August 24, 2018 · A Trump administration official told Education Week that Texas first raised the possibility of using federal grants for that purpose

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White House Proposes Merging Education And Labor Departments

CLARE LOMBARDO, NPR

Posted on June 21, 2018 · The pitch goes all-in on workforce development.

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Federal School Safety Panel Will Not Look At Role Of Guns, DeVos Says

PBS NewsHour, PBS

Posted on June 5, 2018 · “We are actually studying school safety and how we can ensure our students are safe at school,” DeVos says

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Santa Fe Schools Awarded $1 Million Federal Grant For Recovery

Laura Isensee

Posted on May 31, 2018 · U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that the department continues to focus on ways to prevent violence and keep students safe at school.

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UPDATE: Betsy DeVos Is Touring North Texas Schools On Thursday

KERA News

Posted on April 5, 2018 · The controversial education secretary is making several stops in Dallas today

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Democrats Grill DeVos On Guns, Schools And Money

CLAUDIO SANCHEZ, NPR

Posted on March 20, 2018 · The Education Secretary was on Capitol Hill to talk about the administration's proposed education budget. She got an earful from Democrats

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A Rocky Appearance For DeVos On ’60 Minutes’

Anya Kamenetz, NPR

Posted on March 12, 2018 · The controversial education secretary repeated her support for arming teachers and appeared unable to answer some questions about schools in her home state, in the 13-minute interview

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DeVos Tours Texas Schools Hit By Harvey, Recovery Efforts In Humble

Laura Isensee

Posted on November 15, 2017 · U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told reporters that she's impressed with the "creativity" and "flexibility" in recovery efforts in Texas

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Former Allies On School Choice Now Divided By Trump Budget

Associated Press

Posted on May 24, 2017 · Trump has said he eventually wants federal school-choice programs to expand to $20 billion a year.

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