{"id":4622,"date":"2021-01-04T03:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/04\/diane-ravitch-bidens-pick-for-education-secretary-must-overturn-devoss-attack-on-public-schools-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:31:10","slug":"diane-ravitch-bidens-pick-for-education-secretary-must-overturn-devoss-attack-on-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/04\/diane-ravitch-bidens-pick-for-education-secretary-must-overturn-devoss-attack-on-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Ravitch: Biden\u2019s Pick for Education Secretary Must Overturn DeVos\u2019s Attack on Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"b1r96jUNi0o\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Connecticut public schools commissioner Miguel Cardona for secretary of education, tapping a third Latinx person to join his Cabinet. Cardona is a former teacher who represents a sharp break from outgoing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who urged career employees at the Education Department earlier this month to \u201cbe the resistance\u201d to the incoming administration. He is Puerto Rican and began his career as a fourth grade teacher, becoming the state\u2019s top schools official just last August, the first Latinx person to hold the position. \u201cHe\u2019s not Betsy DeVos, and every educator in America, or almost every educator, will be thrilled about that,\u201d says Diane Ravitch, a writer and historian of education who served as assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush. \u201cHe\u2019s been in public schools throughout his career, and that\u2019s a big plus for many people who\u2019ve been watching the attacks on public education, on teachers, for the past four and more years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: <a href=\"https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! 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