Betsy DeVos Has A Brilliant Plan To Improve Our Nation's Schools - Guns!

"Guns improve schools, not heat, text books or computers."

Even though Michigan public schools, which are slowly being privatized to the charter schools system, has proven to fail the children, that has not stopped Betsy DeVos in profiting from her position as U.S. Secretary of Education.

As winter approaches, with many schools without special needs educational services, proper heating, computers, text books, transportation, toilet paper, Betsy is going to fix it all with guns.

Yes, that is correct, education will improve in the nation's educational system with guns.

You can keep warm in the classroom when a gun is fired.

You can improve reading scores with a gun brandished on a teacher's hip.

You can shoot for school lunches out the classroom windows when a bear, or any stray animal walks by.

Heck, you can even cash in on insurance policies when the gun is used in her charter school, then use the money to improve school conditions, without having to spend a penny of her own money.

Absolutely brilliant, daaarlin'.

Report: Betsy DeVos considering federal money to put guns in schools

Ask teachers what schools need and you might hear things like adequate supplies, up-to-date technology, as well as enough guidance counselors and nurses. But in Washington, this is what Betsy DeVos is reportedly considering giving states: The ability to buy guns for schools.

The New York Times is reporting that DeVos, the controversial U.S. Secretary of Education who hails from Michigan, is weighing using a federal grant program that is aimed at improving academic achievement to allow such a use.

The money would flow through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program, which the Times reported is a $1 billion program. Michigan in 2017 received $12.3 million in grant money.

The grant has specific criteria for how the money should be used, none of it which refers to guns or school safety:

• Provide all students with access to a well-rounded education
• Improve school conditions for student learning
• Improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy for all students.
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The Times story says the gun purchases could fall under the "improve school conditions" category.

It wouldn't be the first time DeVos has courted controversy over the issue of guns in schools. During her confirmation hearing in 2017, she was pushed by a Democratic senator to address whether guns belong in schools. DeVos said at the time that it's an issue "best left to locals and states to decide."

But then, she added, in a school in a place like rural Idaho, educators might need a "gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies."

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump was roundly criticized by many in the education community when he suggested — after the Parkland, Fla. school shooting that left 17 students and adults dead — that schools should arm teachers.

Teachers pushed back on Twitter, under an #ArmMeWith hashtag that highlightedthings they said are far more important than guns – such as lower class sizes and better resources for needy students.

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