S2 E26: Betsy Devos Part 1

Kitchen Table Cult Pod

Kieryn and Eve discuss Devos' history and relationship to HSLDA to begin understanding what her recent attack on public education means and why HSLDA isn't fighting against the free government money they are notorious for hating. Hint: It's not good. Show Notes: Fact Sheet on the Devos Plan https://www.ncpecoalition.org/trump-voucher-plan Kushner's COVID plan https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air True Believer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060505912 Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_DeVos HSLDA finds an Ally in Devos https://onenewsnow.com/education/2017/05/28/devos-championing-homeschool-freedom-whslda Devos is de-funding the public schools by giving that money to parents instead https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/betsy-devos-coronavirus-private-schools/2020/06/15/0c484d94-a50b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html Things we didn't even get to: - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/influential-conservative-group-trump-devos-should-dismantle-education-department-and-bring-god-into-classrooms/2017/02/15/196bf872-f2df-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html - https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2020/07/19/how-educational-inequality-in-america-could-be-impacted-by-the-homeschooling-pod-frenzy/ - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-22/parents-working-from-home-want-more-support-for-home-schooling - https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/if-schools-dont-open-the-funding-should-go-to-the-parents-trump-says.html