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DeVos blasts school districts that hesitate at reopening

Posted on AllSides July 7th, 2020

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday lashed out at school districts that haven't promised to fully reopen their schools this fall, blasting education leaders who won't accept risk and “gave up and didn’t try” to launch summer instruction.

During a call with governors, she slammed the Fairfax, Va., district for its distance learning “disaster” in the spring and offering a choice of only zero or two days of in-person instruction moving forward, according to notes of a call with governors obtained by POLITICO. Earlier in the pandemic, DeVos had been...

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