Her visit did not go unnoticed by candidates for the Democratic Nomination for Florida Governor.
On Twitter, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum said “DeVos’ record of supporting for-profit charter school execs speaks louder than any photo-op,” he said. “We won’t be distracted by her political stunts.”
Former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham took the opportunity to renew her call to “end the education industry” in the state. “Betsy DeVos’ for-profit approach to public education is just flat-out wrong for Florida,” she said.
“DeVos, Rick Scott and the politicians in Tallahassee have transformed our public schools into an education industry,” she continued. “It is an education industry that last year forced our children to take more than 3.6 million standardized tests, and forced our educators to teach to those tests. An education industry that assigns public schools arbitrary grades that humiliate students.”
