Editor’s note: Once a month, the National Interest column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase educational opportunities for black youths. The New York Times’ ...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Betsy DeVos as his pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos is a billionare businesswoman who previously served as Chairwoman of the Michigan GOP. She is an ...

The fallout from Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill continued into Thursday night as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned. The Wall Street Journal and Associated Press first reported the ...

WASHINGTON (AP/WXMI) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as the next Secretary of Education by the narrowest of margins, forcing Vice President Mike Pence to cast a ...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been slammed by LGBT rights advocates for refusing to protect transgender students denied access to bathrooms and lockers based on their gender identity. During a ...

The Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as as education secretary Tuesday, but not without significant political division and an outpouring of public opposition. Audie Cornish talks with Lisa Desjardins ...

Some, with the protest group Betsy Riot, dressed in black and carried signs that said “Betsy DeVos is a rape apologist” and “Accredited teachers not charter hacks.” DeVos announced last week her ...

Yesterday, President Donald Trump and Office of Public Liaison communications director Omarosa Manigault met with a group of administrative leaders from multiple historically black colleges and ...

The House Labor and Education Committee voted on legislation Thursday that would overturn Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new policy on student debt discharge that goes into effect on July 1st, 2020.

Betsy DeVos, the top education administrator in the country, is still trying to figure out what the word “choice” means. The Secretary of Education spoke to the Associated Press on Wednesday about her ...