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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaeik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points Betsy DeVos was demonized as few prior cabinet secretaries have been, yet her ivcm-nts a rsecrc-tary ot educatior belie her image. Se s's successes include faciLating state-level implemrentation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, ficiently processino COVi-id relief to schools and ccl leges, en hanc- ing career and tecnrical education, rstoring the rule of law eo TitleV sexrual a Issaut investigations, making sbudent loans and colege attendance o:tmes more trannspar- ent to stu irens, incresiing tr nsprency r-egarding foeign dont'ons to US colleges and universtes, and solidifying the status of historically Black colleges and universities. DeVos taiaed to et d ucation Fretm chcarshp hr i ough Congress and failed to get White H0use approval for atL' nmS to c n iz e the DeIport mn = o, Education's mission to limit the federal role in what is essentially a state annc local function. Future GOP admirlstratons may revisit these failures. * Generally, DeVos's tenure shows a priat disconnect between political irage and pol- icy reaiity. Betsy DeVos, secretary of education under the Trump administration, faced near-constant attacks From teaclhers unorios and liberal advocacy organi- zations. She faced serious resistance from merm- bers of Congress and at ties the White House. nournalists, who are said to write the first draft of history by and large amplifLed the atiacks leveled against her. DeVos was demonized as attacking public education even as she vas lambasted for all.eged incompetence. rew citizens who consider thenseves close readers of the news would characterz zDeos's tenure as largely successful and conventional in policy outcomes. Yet in many respects, it was. Here, I summarize the DeVos record, relying on interviews with rz4 education policymiakers con ducted from March 18 to April 28, 2021, supple- mented by other sources. Eleven of t ise inter- vtewed were Trump Dcpartmcnt of -ducation (ED) political appointees, with others being con- servative ecucation ii llectals and a foruer chief state school officer. DcVos's p olitcal successes include restoring the rule of law to Tile IX sexual assault investiga-- tions, ni ing studint loans and. college attendanc.e oL.coecs more transparent to students, increas- ing ranspcareny in freign donations to US co- leges and universities, enhancing the role of career and technical education, guiding state--level irmple- mentation of the Every Student Succeeds Act

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