Biden Transition Team Reflects Support for Public Education, Teachers and Equity – Campus Technology
President-elect Joe Biden has named an education transition team made up of 20 education experts.
The transition team’s job isn’t to write Biden’s plan for education; his campaign has already handled that. Rather, it’s to sort out what’s to be done with the U.S. Department of Education. Expected to be quickly dismantled: DeVos’ continuous emphasis on using public funding to support alternatives to public school, particularly private and religious schools.
Nor will the team be putting forth candidates to replace DeVos as secretary of the agency. Top suggestion Linda Darling-Hamilton, who leads the transition effort, recently said she wasn’t interested in the job.
What will they be doing? According to reporting by the Washington Post, the transition team will have “subgroups” undertaking different areas: K-12, higher education and development of a response to COVID-19 that would enable schools to reopen safely.