This country spends billions on private schools — and has a terrible learning gap between poor and wealthy
“Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she first became passionate about school choice after visiting a private school in Michigan that provided scholarships to low-income students. Although the scholarships gave students a ‘chance to succeed and thrive,’ she knew that for every student who received a scholarship, ‘there were others stuck in schools not meeting their needs,’ she said in a speech this March. She added, ‘The realization of this injustice moved me to get involved.’”