Cory Booker Has 'Serious Early Concerns' About Nomination of DeVos as Education Sec'y

Sen. Cory Booker has “serious” concerns about President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, he told The 74.

In an exclusive statement, the New Jersey lawmaker and education-reform advocate said DeVos’s views on early-childhood education, accountability, school discipline and a range of other issues will “play prominently in my consideration.”

“It is no secret that I strongly believe we have a lot of work to do to ensure that every child in America has access to a high-quality public education. I greet Ms. DeVos’s nomination with a healthy skepticism, and I have serious early concerns,” Booker said. “Like all of Trump’s nominees, I will approach her nomination with deep scrutiny, especially because I am alarmed by President-elect Trump’s overall education agenda and fear that he has little respect for — or interest in — the critical work that the Department of Education performs for our children.”

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