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Sources

Senate Phone Lines Are Flooded With Callers Opposing Betsy DeVos.

Only Democrats Are Listening. (Vox)

Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary With VP Pence’s Tiebreaking Vote

(Wall Street Journal)

Alexander: Senate Education Committee Sends Nomination of Betsy DeVos to Senate Floor

(Office of Lamar Alexander)

Jeb Bush May Have Won Something in the Election After All: The U.S. Department of Education (Washington Post)

Betsy DeVos Made Her First Visit to a School as Education Secretary: Howard University

(Washington Post)

 

Further Reading

How Betsy DeVos Became Trump's Least Popular Cabinet Pick (NPR Ed)

A University President's Advice for Betsy DeVos (The Hill)

How Trump’s Education Nominee Bent Detroit to Her Will on Charter Schools (New York Times)

Sen. Alexander: Betsy DeVos Is Not an Education Extremist and Should Be Education Secretary (Washington Post)

What Betsy DeVos Did (and Didn't) Reveal About Her Education Priorities (The Atlantic)

Alexander: Senate Education Committee Sends Nomination of Betsy DeVos to Senate Floor

(Lamar Alexander, United States Senator for Tennessee)

DeVos and God’s Plan for Schools (New York Times)

March Against Betsy DeVos in Her Hometown Exceeds Expectations (Daily Kos)

Nearly 250 Education-Related Groups Urge Senators to Reject Betsy DeVos (Education Week)

Trump’s Focus on Black Colleges May Seem Unexpected, but the Conversation

Started Months Ago (Chronicle)

Betsy DeVos Tells Her Side to Conservative Opinion Journalists (Education Week)