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Watch Betsy DeVos’ First Six Months as Secretary in Under Two Minutes

By Alyson Klein — August 09, 2017 1 min read
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been on the job for about six months. She barely squeaked through a bruising confirmation process, and came into office promising to push a big school choice initiative.

So what kind of challenges is she facing? And what has she accomplished so far? What’s her approach to the job?

Give us a minute ... well, okay, a minute and a half, and we’ll answer all those questions for you in this video:

Want more? Check out this story on her tenure so far, including a look at how people see her far beyond the Beltway.

A version of this news article first appeared in the Politics K-12 blog.