There is no issue more laden with worldview significance than the issue of education—and the recent announcement of President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos to be the new Secretary of Education brings this to light.
On one side of the aisle, the New York Times bemoans the appointment, implying very directly that there should be an unimpeded flow of taxpayer money to the public schools where those monies should be spent and the schools should be run according to an elite of educators and especially according to the dictates of the teachers’ unions.
In contrast to what the New York Times sees as a great threat, The Wall Street Journal, sees a significant sign of promise—the promise of genuine reform.
DeVos is a long-time advocate of charter schools and vouchers and ought to make a big difference in her role as Secretary of Education.
We wish her well.
