Who is Betsy DeVos?

Education | January 9, 2017

By Michael Q. McShane | Read Time 1 min

This morning, Education Next published a long-form profile I wrote on Betsy DeVos, President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education.

As of right now, her confirmation hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, so if you’d like to know some background before she is questioned by the Senate, check out the article here!

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Michael Q. McShane

Michael Q. McShane is Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute. A former high school teacher, he earned a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Arkansas, an M.Ed. from the University of Notre Dame, and a B.A. in English from St. Louis University. McShanes analyses and...

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