MichEdPolitics

From Michigan to now National...when politics and education meet.... #MichEd #USDOE

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

Devos, after my daughter was murdered, you yelled don't talk about guns, talk about mental health. Your brain dead plan will pull money from mental health. Teachers already use about $500 of own money on supplies, you could divert funds to help them.
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[Delaney Tarr @delaneytarr]

Schools can’t afford to give classrooms their own supplies.

Schools can’t afford to give students soap.

Schools can’t afford to pay their teachers decent wages.

Fund education. Fund learning.

Show that you give a damn about students.

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[VoteVets @votevets]

Vets who have been trained to handle guns hate Devos’ plan to put more guns in schools because we know it will lead to more dead school children. That’s why we’re partnering with @GiffordsCourage to hear from Veteran candidates who are leading on this issue across the country.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Over 90 percent of teachers across the country have paid for school supplies out of their own pockets.

So of course, Betsy DeVos wants to buy them guns. How about we start with pencils and paper?

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

What recklessness. What absurdity. Arming teachers will not make our schools or our children safer, period.
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[Brian J. Karem @BrianKarem]

Betsy Devos proposes spending federal money to arm teachers. The same teachers who use their own funds for school supplies....hmmmm maybe we should arm them with school supplies.

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

Betsy DeVos apparently wants to use federal funds to arm teachers. What an incredibly dangerous idea. She’s proposing that 2nd graders are supposed to go to school, look up at the blackboard and see their teacher strapped with a gun.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

As you walk your kid to school today, think about what you will do between now and Election Day to vote out every single Congressperson who supports this insane idea.

Whether she gets away with this is in our hands. November is coming. https://t.co/S92yrJIAW6

[Governor Gretchen Whitmer @GovWhitmer]

This. Is. Nuts.

Betsy DeVos wants to put guns in schools using money that’s meant to help our students.

We need a governor with a backbone who will stand up to Betsy DeVos.

https://t.co/Dl2clJEV1u

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Spread the word -

The Dept of Ed funding bill is on the floor right now and I’m introducing a last minute emergency amendment today to stop Devos’s plan to arm teachers.

My lord - we can’t let this happen.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

94% of teachers spend out-of-pocket money for their classrooms.

The fact that we can find money for guns in schools, but not enough for new books and supplies, tells you that this is an investment in the school-to-prison pipeline.

https://t.co/dSqcFE8Gdq

[Jonathan Oosting @jonathanoosting]

Whitmer jobs plan: Reconnect Program to boost skills/training; MI Opportunity Scholarship to make first 2 years of college debt-free; link military vets to apprenticeships; strong Buy American, Buy Michigan policies; help small biz offer competitive compensation packages #MPC18

[Chris Wigent @ChrisWigent]

At the Detroit Regional Chamber Conference. Some stats: approx 65% of the jobs for today’s children do not yet exist, 47% of the jobs will be automated by 2033, only 27% of college graduates work in their major. Children becoming lifelong learners is critical. #MPC18 @MASALeads

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Thousands of students were cheated by for-profit colleges, but @BetsyDeVosED wants to stop students from getting the full loan forgiveness they deserve. So, I called for an investigation. Now a federal judge has agreed with me & stopped her illegal scheme. https://t.co/8PWmtFXzjV

[DPSCommunityDistrict @Detroitk12]

The @freep @LoriAHiggins captured Dr. Vitti’s top 10 accomplishments. https://t.co/lNBwF153uS

[Lori Higgins @LoriAHiggins]

Vitti's 1st year: Amid challenges, his promise is still to serve schools' kids https://t.co/Fp5ZFIVUQ3 via @freep

[Secretary Betsy DeVos @BetsyDeVosED]

As I shared this morning: I'm learning it's not popular for someone in my position to point out hard truths – to admit the current system isn't serving every student well. But I didn’t take this job to win over editorial boards and trend on social. I took it to serve students.

[Michelle Richard @edu_michelle]

Why #miched teachers are wearing red https://t.co/w4PXGaha8p

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos makes her first official visit to New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, and visits two private schools but no public schools. https://t.co/CRO3TQrGTU

[Progress Michigan @ProgressMich]

Except he and Betsy DeVos are part of the problem. They've attacked public education in favor of for-profit charter schools #DecadeOfDeceit https://t.co/3mRYikMBXJ