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Associated Press (via Philadelphia Inquirer)--DeVos non-committal on private school LGBT discrimination

WASHINGTON (AP) - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that schools receiving federal money should follow federal law, but she would not commit to banning discrimination against LGBT students in private schools.

The Trump administration's budget proposal significantly cuts funding for teacher training and after-school programs and student financial aid, while boosting funding for charter schools and vouchers that parents can use to send children to private schools. Critics fear that private religious schools may discriminate against students based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or disability.

DeVos was asked during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday whether such discrimination would be allowed. DeVos said: "Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law, period."

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/20170606_ap_83150400252f4fc9817399567191c0bc.html

MARIA DANILOVA, The Associated Press| Updated: June 6, 2017 — 3:21 PM EDT

 

The Atlantic--The Downside to Career and Technical Education

A new study shows that students who complete the programs have better short-term employment outcomes but struggle to pivot as industries evolve.

 

Quick: What’s one education topic that Betsy DeVos, Randi Weingarten, Donald Trump, and Al Franken all support?

It’s actually career and technical education—something they’ve all said America’s schools need in order to better prepare graduates for the economy. President Trump even praised Germany’s approach to vocational education recently.

Trump’s budget actually cuts CTE funding, but, at least in theory, there’s wide support across the ideological spectrum for helping more students learn career-specific skills in high school.

Yet new international research points to a significant downside of such programs: Students may benefit early in their careers, but are harmed later in life as the economy changes and they lack the general skills necessary to adapt.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/06/the-downside-to-career-and-technical-education/529161/

Matt Barnum|Jun 6, 2017

 

Education Week--Senators Hammer at DeVos on Planned Budget Cuts, Proposed Vouchers

Senators had a clear message for U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in a budget hearing here Wednesday: Don't get too attached to your budget proposal.

Republican and Democratic senators on the Senate education appropriations subcommittee expressed skepticism about cuts and eliminated programs in the budget proposal for the U.S. Department of Education. And Democrats sparred with DeVos over how the spending blueprint for fiscal 2018 handles Title I spending on disadvantaged students, and how a voucher proposal would handle issues of discrimination.

"This is a difficult budget request to defend," Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the subcommittee chairman, told DeVos. And he said the elimination of formula-funded programs like the $2 billion Title II program for teacher training, and the $1 billion 21st Century Community Learning Centers program that funds after-school, will be "all but impossible" to get through Congress.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2017/06/betsy_devos_senate_budget_committee_spending_vouchers.html?_ga=2.224445977.26891083.1496749877-503518935.1451996967

Andrew Ujifusa on June 6, 2017 12:54 PM