Trump chooses Betsy DeVos as education secretary

Published November 23, 2016 6:16pm ET



President-elect Trump is tapping Betsy DeVos, a former leader of the Michigan Republican Party and a prominent supporter of charter schools in the Great Lakes State, as his education secretary.

A DeVos family spokesman confirmed reports to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday that DeVos has accepted Trump’s offer. The DeVos appointment comes on a busy day of transition news for Trump: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was named the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Dr. Ben Carson said he would take a role in the administration, possibly as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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