As the President-elect, Donald Trump continues picking people that will run his administration, he has picked his Michigan billionaire and conservative activist, Betsy DeVos, as Education Secretary.
The name Betsy DeVos might not be a household name, but the billionaire has helped change education landscape in many states by spending millions of dollars in a successful push to expand voucher programs that give families taxpayer dollars to pay for private and religious schools.
According to a Trump transition team;
Betsy DeVos is a brilliant and passionate education advocate,Under her leadership we will reform the US education system and break the bureaucracy that is holding our children back so that we can deliver world-class education and school choice to all families.
DeVos pick has drawn criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. The largest teacher union in the country slammed DeVos for her advocacy of charter schools and school voucher programs.
In her bid to stop the uproar, DeVos said;
I am not a supporter -teac- period