Democrats press DeVos on oversight of 'shady' student loan companies
The Detroit News. By Melissa Nann Burke
Washington — Secretary Betsy DeVos came under fire by House Democrats on Wednesday over her department's oversight of student loan servicing companies and charter schools, as well as her $5 billion proposal to expand school choice.
...Norcross demanded to know why free-market groups supported financially by the DeVos family have since backed campaigns trying to persuade teachers to quit their unions.
"In reality, teachers are being targeted, spammed, coerced by groups such as the Mackinac Center for Public Policy — that you probably know something about — and from the Freedom Foundation," Norcross said.
"If teachers are choosing to join unions — why the two foundations that you're family's associated with are the top givers to those groups that are trying to get people to leave? … Why would you do that?"