{"id":1006390,"date":"2019-09-19T13:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1006390"},"modified":"2019-09-19T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:10:40","slug":"devos-cant-defend-trumps-broken-promises-to-pennsylvania-students-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/devos-cant-defend-trumps-broken-promises-to-pennsylvania-students-families\/","title":{"rendered":"DeVos Can\u2019t Defend Trump\u2019s Broken Promises To Pennsylvania Students & Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to Secretary of Education Betsy Devos\u2019 visit to Pennsylvania today, DNC spokeswoman and Pennsylvania native Maddie McComb issued the following statement:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cJust like her boss Donald Trump, Secretary DeVos has made it a practice to break her promises to Pennsylvania students; she has sought to siphon money away from their schools, made it harder for survivors to seek justice on college campuses, and defanged regulations protecting students from low-quality for-profit colleges. Put another way: DeVos and Trump have been a disaster for Pennsylvania students, their families and teachers.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of showing up for a photo op today, she should head back to Washington and do the work to build an education system that works for everyone, not just the children of millionaires and billionaires.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a reminder of how the Trump administration has broken their promises to students and families on education (so far):<\/span><\/p>\n