Magnet schools attracted big speaker, got media spotlight
- March 31, 2017 |
- WILLIAM EHART
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