By Laura Meckler Laura Meckler Reporter covering national education policy and trends, and the Education Department Email Bio Follow April 10 at 6:57 PM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say yes — or no — when asked last year whether schools could use federal money to buy guns for teachers. She said the law was vague and she couldn’t take a side.On Wednesday, House Democrats released an internal Education Department memo that showed the matter was viewed differently inside the agency.
The question of arming teachers has proved emotional following deadly school shootings. Many Democrats, teachers unions, education groups and gun-control activists say weapons in classrooms will make schools more dangerous, not safer. But President Trump and gun rights supporters argue that arming teachers would “harden” schools, making them less likely targets for shootings.
“You have the authority, if you so choose. Read the memo,” Hayes replied. “I would like to submit these documents for the record so that the secretary has the ability to read the memo that came from her office.”After the hearing, DeVos spokeswoman Liz Hill did not dispute the authenticity of the document but said it was a not a “decision memo” for the secretary.
For the Grizzlies of course.
Governments are supposedly so strapped for cash that they make teachers buy their students' school supplies out of their own modest salaries, yet they can find the money for guns?
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BetsyDeVosED lied to Congress. She should resign immediately. People get arrested for lying to Congress.
Betsy At The Office
But we can’t fund basic literacy programs?!? This is not how we compete in a global economy. ohhellno CutsHurtKids LiteracyMatters
Dumb as Having an Education Secretary Who Has Never Been a Teacher or Even Worked at a School. UtterlyUseless
Please tell me she lied to Congress
Massive policy fail. Why are Republicans so insistent on fellating the NRA at every opportunity?
DeVos won't make a decision on anything. It's always 'up to the states and local governments'. Almost like she doesn't want a Federal DOE.
Gotta protect the kids from grizzly bears.
They won’t use federal money to protect kids from guns except by buying guns?
BetsyDeVosED is a horrific. 🤢
A morally vacant woman.
Devi’s is lying, trump’s habits are contagious it seems. Maybe we could get big pharma to come up with a vaccine
This woman has a job because Trump and Republicans either don't care about or actively despise children.
Lock her up!
What is wrong with these “motherfuckers”? Seriously !
If only that policeman outside the Parkland shooting, who'd been trained to respond, had had a gu-. Wait.
A very dangerous woman who needs to be ousted. We don't need more guns in schools wi/teachers who want to teach, not shoot. Hire VETS and their dogs to protect the schools instead. Give teachers a raise.
I guarantee DeVos’ brother will get the contract to LEASE these guns to schools for a sizable monthly or annual fee.
DevosLies almost as much as TrumpLies
Schools in America don’t have money for classroom supplies and teachers have to pay out of pocket, and teachers are paid abysmally low wages, but the gvt can find money to buy guns to put in classrooms? As if guns in classrooms isn’t the whole problem? What?
Remember... the reason they want to arm teachers is so they can blame the unarmed ones for not stopping a school shooting and blame the armed ones for not doing enough during a school shooting
I wonder if the DeVos's Charter schools have holsters on their hips locked & loaded to kill Who? This idea brings up so many scenarios that will take teachers along w/their students lives! Ppl Aren't fine with this! Hell use hollow points while they're at it fcken idiots
Wow, adding more guns will not help anything. She is crazy.
i look at these dispatches from the u.s. and it looks like a dystopian nightmare
This is just kooky. BetsyDeVosED
Adding guns to the equation is going to help the situation? What happens when a teacher gets over stressed or a kid gets the gun away from the teacher? This is an awful idea!
Betsy DeVos has zero credibility.
All lies, no money for paper and pencils, money guns
But only for grizzly bears.
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She has no clue what she is doing. I am awaiting her 2020 replacement. Hoepfully someone full of experience and knowledge of the department and how it operates.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Willing teachers can defend children from these psychos going to gun free zones.
A good Teacher with a gun, can fuck -up a bad teacher and student with guns
I heard it was armored tanks, not guns
No money for books, computers, pencils, supplies. But yes,plenty of money for GUNS 🙄🙄
Man, they are just seriously the worst amongst us.
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