DeVos vows to end Common Core at Michigan rally with Trump

Published December 10, 2016 1:20am ET



President-elect Trump was joined by his pick for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, at a “Thank You” rally Friday night in her home state of Michigan.

DeVos, a longtime school choice advocate and billionaire GOP donor, was tapped by Trump to head the Education Department late last month after impressing him and Vice President-elect Mike Pence with her understanding of education policy and dedication to improving public education and expanding charter schools in the Great Lake State.

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