Document Type
Opinion
Publication Date
2-15-2017
Department 1
Education
Abstract
So maybe you saw this cartoon that was drawn by Glenn McCoy for the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat under the headline "Trying to Trash Betsy DeVos." If you didn't, take a look.
In the cartoon, of course, you see little Betsy DeVos walking to school, book in hand, surrounded by faceless men who are there to protect her. It seems to barely be working: there is profanity scrawled on the wall ("NEA"!; "Conservative"!; an anarchy symbol) and what appears to be a really juicy, nasty tomato thrown against the wall. For context, you might also be interested in looking at this painting, because it's the one that obviously inspired McCoy to draw his. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
Powell, Dave. "Betsy DeVos Is No Ruby Bridges" Education Week (February 15, 2017).
Comments
This piece appeared on Education Week as part of Dr. Powell's opinion blog, "The K-12 Contrarian." The original version is available online here.