Earlier this week, the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education by the narrowest of margins: Vice President Pence had to cast an historic tie-breaking vote because senators were deadlocked over her fitness for the job.
But at Devos’s swearing in ceremony, Pence didn’t see that as a problem, so much as a point of pride.
“Never before has a Vice President been called upon to cast a tiebreaking vote for a cabinet nominee," Pence said. "When I cast my first vote in the U.S. Senate, though, I wasn’t just voting for you. Having seen your devotion to improving the quality of education to some of our most vulnerable children across the nation for so many years, I was also casting a vote for America’s children.”
Joining Boston Public Radio to talk about what Betsy DeVos's position could mean for education is Paul Reville, former state Secretary of Education and a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, where he also runs the Education Redesign Lab.
To hear Reville's take on this and other education headlines, tune in to Boston Public Radio above.
