BREAKING: Sources Say Trump Has Made Education Pick

By Joe Cunningham | 1:15 PM on November 23, 2016

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According to sources, Donald Trump has offered the job of Secretary of Education to Betsy DeVos, Chairperson of the American Federation for Children.

SCOOP: Trump offered Betsy DeVos Education secretary job, and she has accepted, transition officials tell me.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) November 23, 2016

DeVos has been an avid supporter of Common Core, and is also a major booster of school choice programs, particularly voucher systems. It is unclear what Trump’s policies toward education in the United States will be, considering DeVos’s past support of Common Core and his own rantings against it.

Joe Cunningham is a Senior Editor at RedState, as well as a former teacher and coach. He is the host of the Joe Cunningham Show, which airs from 3-4 p.m. (CT) on NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL in Lafayette, Louisiana.