WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump ordered that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos be given a mandatory refresher course in geography and reading comprehension after a gaffe she made on a conservative talk radio show earlier this week. Secretary DeVos was asked by Chap Chipperson on WKKK-AM 1488 about whether she had personally donated to […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In less than a week’s time, the Donald Trump administration has experienced two separate incidents that many would say show an uncanny lack of historical knowledge, but Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is not among them. “Despite the fact that Canada did not exist in 1812,” Sec. DeVos said as she spoke to a […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a new educational reform program called “Every Child Left Behind.” “It’s a new day in America,” DeVos said as she took to the podium, “and it’s a new era in American education. We’re going to privatize every last drop of it that we can […] More
This story first ran on The Political Garbage Chute. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has reportedly decided to petition Congress and ask that the Library of Congress be officially re-christened to something she said “will look and feel familiar to Trump’s America.” According to papers leaked from the DOE, DeVos intends to ask […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Education, under direction from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, will be rolling out several key changes to America’s school curriculum next school year. Current school guidelines, lesson plans, and materials will remain unchanged through the current term, but beginning in the fall of 2018, the DOE has said it will […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This weekend, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued an order that all globes being used in any American school are to be “flattened like God made it just 6,000 years ago.” DeVos was confirmed in the Senate 51-50, with the deciding vote being cast by Vice President and 2015 winner of the Lantern […] More
If you haven’t yet heard, the United States Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, had a great interview on 60 Minutes last weekend where she auditioned to be on the next season of MTV’s The Real World. MTV’s show, The Real World, is the cult TV show where people stop being polite, and start being real. […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump hosted the annual White House Easter Egg Roll and took the opportunity to shout “NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION!” in every child’s face in attendance. The life of a president, however, is full of events and ceremonies, and after the egg roll was complete, Trump and Education Secretary Betsy […] More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing a need to make the “direction, tone, tenor, and goals” of her Department of Education as “clear as possible,” Betsy DeVos has issued an official memorandum, directing all future educational decrees framed and hammered into the walls outside of every school in the nation. “These decrees are going to be very […] More
This story first appeared on The Political Garbage Chute. WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Department of Education announced that it would begin contracting with two right-wing media outlets to help shape history textbooks for classrooms starting in 2019. “This morning, Co-President Trump, having gotten permission first from Real President Bannon,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said […] More
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