How the Trump administration could affect NYC schools–and how to #resist

PS 123 in Queens. Photo: NYC DOE
Today is the day. It looks like the Senate will finally cast the deciding vote for Betsy DeVos, the Trump administration’s candidate for Secretary of Education, after weeks of deliberations, testimony and preliminary committee votes. While DeVos, and her obsession with charter, private and religious schools, conflicts of interest and family connections is by many accounts the worst possible candidate for Secretary of Education, someone will eventually fill