“The money for the child follows the child to where the family decides is the best fit and the best environment for him or her,” DeVos said. DeVos characterized policies furthering these values as “education freedom.” The event, which was moderated by Gerard Randall, an associate of the Thompson Center, devoted the first hour to questions posed by Randall to both DeVos and Fuller.įuller and DeVos share a belief in the value of parental choice and school choice in education. While introducing the event, UWO Chancellor Andrew Leavitt said, “We appreciate opportunities to meet and engage with national leaders and scholars who share the Center’s commitment to reach out to campuses and communities … and examine topics, trends and ideas that often expand and even challenge our notion about learning and life here and beyond.” He is well known for his 2014 novel “No Struggle, No Progress: A Warrior’s Life from Black Power to Education Reform,” which details his pursuit of education reform, especially among Black students. Fuller is a long-time civil rights advocate and the former superintendent of the Milwaukee Public School district. 6 insurrection and before President Biden took office. Thompson Center on Public Leadership at UW Oshkosh.ĭeVos served as Secretary of Education for the Trump administration from 2017-2021 she resigned shortly after the Jan. The event, titled “In Conversation with Betsy Devos and Howard Fuller: The Future of Education” was presented by UW-Madison’s Tommy G. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Tuesday night. “There’s a distinction between public education and the system that delivers it.” That statement by Howard Fuller, Marquette University professor emeritus, embodied the conversation between himself and Former U.S.

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