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Magnet schools attracted big speaker, got media spotlight

MSA Executive Director Todd Mann scored speech by Betsy DeVos, and earned favorable mention in Trump address to Congress With the nation's capital still coming to grips with a Trump administration, and advocates training their fire on controversial Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, a small school group scored a big coup. The $1.4 million-revenue Magnet Schools of America got DeVos to agree to give her first public address following confirmation at the organization's annual policy conference in early February. DeVos is a proponent of vouchers that parents can use to send children to private schools—something that public-school advocates, including MSA, oppose. It… Read More