Trump picks a school-choice activist philanthropist for education post. — -- President-elect Donald Trump today tapped billionaire GOP donor Betsy DeVos to be his pick for secretary of education, ...

The Senate historian says it was the first time a vice president had to break a tie on a Cabinet nomination. Two Republicans joined Democrats Tuesday to vote to derail DeVos' nomination. Democrats ...

The Ann Arbor Public Schools board of education is calling on U.S. senators to reject Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education, based on what one trustee described as DeVos' "open hostility to the ...

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos squirmed during her Sunday morning media tour when asked about the Trump administration’s threat to yank funding from schools that don’t fully reopen amidst the ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Angry activists shouted "stand up, fight back" and one protester was arrested, as Betsy Devos made her first visit to a public school Friday as education secretary. Several dozen ...

Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, and her husband Dick devote a chunk of their $6 billion fortune to funding the political campaigns of candidates who are for more charters, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos won confirmation as education secretary Tuesday by the slimmest of margins, pushed to approval only by the historic tie-breaking vote of Vice ...

Trump’s Ed Sec Betsy DeVos has a School Choice hammer, so every education issue looks like a nail. And being a Trump cabinet member, the hammer is paramount, facts are optional. DeVos’s latest ...

Betsy DeVos is slated to visit South Carolina next month — her first trip to the Palmetto State as the chief of U.S. schools. But as of Monday afternoon, it still was unclear why she is coming to ...

“I don’t enjoy the publicity that comes with my position,” DeVos said. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wouldn’t commit to another four years as head of the agency when asked if she would serve if ...

God bless 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl, the reporter who had to squint to properly process the unmitigated idiocy dribbling from Betsy DeVos’ mouth during an interview with the secretary of education ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. The Senate historian says it was the first time a ...