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n2doc

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Thu Feb 2, 2017, 10:28 AM Feb 2017

You know she's bad when she has lost the likes of Eli Broad....

Betsy DeVos 'is unprepared and unqualified' to be Education secretary, charter school booster Eli Broad says

by Joy Resmovits


Eli Broad, the prominent local philanthropist behind a massive effort to increase the number of charter schools in Los Angeles, is protesting the appointment of Betsy DeVos as secretary of Education.

Broad sent a letter to U.S. senators Wednesday, asking them to vote against President Trump’s nominee.

“I believe she is unprepared and unqualified for the position,” Broad wrote. “Indeed, with Betsy DeVos at the helm of the U.S. Department of Education, much of the good work that has been accomplished to improve public education for all of America’s children could be undone.”

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http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-eli-broad-opposes-devos-20170201-story.html

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You know she's bad when she has lost the likes of Eli Broad.... (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2017 OP
What a weird world we live in... Lucinda Feb 2017 #1
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