As a lot of the nation experiences a disturbing surge of COVID-19 cases, Training Secretary Betsy DeVos is carrying President Donald Trump’s water by demanding that states reopen their colleges after the summertime break. She makes this demand with no sense of how colleges can do that safely.
However, simply beneath her disregard for public health is a stunning ignorance concerning the elementary nature of authority over public colleges on this nation. The secretary assumes she has that energy and desires to run roughshod over those that do. Actually, shortly after constructing the demand, the governors of South Carolina, Iowa and Florida bowed to her assertion of authority, a lot to the dismay of educators in these states.
