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Only one short week ago, Gary Naeyaert, self-proclaimed warrior for Team Jesus and aldius of billionaire Betsy DeVos, vented his frustration at the Michigan State School Board because Natasha Baker who refused to roll over and do everything Gary Naeyaert Betsy DeVos wanted: Eradicate Detroit Public Schools and replace the district with for-profit cancer schools […]
@BetsyDeVosED: Yes She Really Said That About Historically Black Colleges Because She Really is That Willfully Dense
Tuesday , 28, February 2017 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 1 CommentIgnorant, insulting, and underhanded are words that best describe Betsy DeVos’s press release about historically black colleges and universities on February 27, 2017. You really have to read the whole thing to get the full impact: “It sure was nice black folks had the option of attending schools for black people because schools for white […]
Pig Bones and Public Schools: Meet Betsy DeVos, Our New Education Secretary
Wednesday , 23, November 2016 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 3 CommentsJust in time so everyone would be too busy peeling potatoes and baking pies to notice, Donald Trump picked Betsy Prince DeVos for Education Secretary. The wife of Dick DeVos and sister of Erik Prince(founder of Blackwater mercs for hire), this princess of Dutch Reformed Ada Township has made a career of using her family […]
Bill Schuette’s Schuette Connections with the DeVos Crime Family
Thursday , 29, September 2016 Bill Schuette Leave a commentRemember who owns Bill Schuette when he runs for Governor in 2018.
DeVos @GLEP_MI Lackey Gary Naeyaert Calls State Rep Charles Brunner Names: May Want To Beat Him Up and Steal His Lunch Money Too
Wednesday , 6, April 2016 Section 16 Leave a commentGary Naeyaert reached a new low tonight. Michigan State Representative Charles Brunner called out the Michigan Department of Education’s really bad decision to give Brian “gotta save my meal ticket” Lynch more time to reduce the debt of Bay City Academy. BCA is the charter school that finally exposed convicted felon Steve Ingersoll for the […]
A Former National Heritage Academies Teacher Speaks About How Happy She Is Working For A Real Public School
Monday , 21, September 2015 Section 16 3 CommentsA Former National Heritage Academy teacher left a comment on this blog that must be shared. They know first-hand that for-profit charter schools are failing our children. I once worked for this company for three years in Ohio as a teacher and couldn’t be happier to be back in a public school that is getting […]
Racism Blinders, Public Education, and Civil Rights: GLEP Is The Problem, Not The Solution
Thursday , 21, August 2014 Section 16 Leave a commentLast week Gary Naeyaert @GLEP_MI tweeted an image that sparked outrage with many people in the state and earned the organization dedicated to destroying public education much deserved notoriety. After three additional tweets trying to explain what he meant by the meme to compare Michigan State School Superintendent Mike Flanagan to school segregation champion George […]