lead story - Biden Moves to Reverse DeVos on Transgender Students’ Treatment

Andrew Kreighbaum

Bloomberg Government

Department of Education

Washington DC

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civil rights - DeVos Guts Title IX Protections, Angering Trans Advocates

Matt Tracy
Gcn

Department of Education

Washington DC

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lead story - Betsy DeVos visits school with explicit anti-transgender policy

Gwen Aviles
NBC News

Harrisburg, PA

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civil rights - Betsy DeVos May Force High Schools to Discriminate Against Trans Athletes

Mark Joseph Stern
Slate

Department of Education

Washington DC

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civil rights - BETSY DEVOS SAYS SHE KNEW OF POTENTIAL HARMS—LIKE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, LOWER TEST SCORES—WHEN SHE RESCINDED OBAMA-ERA PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS

Alexandra Hutzler
Newsweek

'Secretary' of Education Betsy DeVos

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civil rights - DeVos defends controversial guidance on transgender students

Avery Anapol
The Hill

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civil rights - Betsy DeVos Wants to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections For Students Filing Complaints of Sexual Harassment or Assault

Emma J Roth
ACLU

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ezs note:  Also of note, Dennis Prager, 'president' of PragerU, spouts the same crap to colleges and universities.   Whether you are gay, lesbian, transgender, or straight, it's really imperative that you nip this in the bud, the sooner the better.

civil rights - If Democrats Take the House, Here's What Awaits Betsy DeVos, Civil Rights, and ESSA

Andrew Ujifusa
Education Week

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civil rights - Transgender students asked Betsy DeVos for help. Here's what happened.

Caitlin Emma
Politico

Pearland, TX

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civil rights - Under DeVos, agency takes a sharp shift in approach to enforcing civil rights in schools

Laura Meckler
Savannah Morning News

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civil rights - Rep. Maxine Waters Rebukes Betsy DeVos in New Bill on Civil Rights Probes

Andrew Ujifusa
Education Week

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civil rights - EXCLUSIVE: LGBTQ Federal Employees Confronted Betsy DeVos Last Year

Rebecca Klein
HuffPost

Betsy DeVos

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Donald Trump - DeVos: Trump school safety panel won’t look at guns

Michael Stratford
Politico

Betsy DeVos

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civil rights - DeVos grilled on civil rights for students

Lydia Wheeler
The Hill

grilled chicken, House special

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civil rights - Three Ways Betsy DeVos Has Undermined Protections for Students

Helen Parshall
HRC

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civil rights - DeVos Finally Agrees Federal Dollars Shouldn’t Fund LGBTQ Discrimination In Schools

Rebecca Klein
HuffPost

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BETSY DEVOS IS A DANGER TO TRANSGENDER CHILDREN

Vanessa Ford
Newsweek

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DeVos rewrites rules for school civil rights probes

Benjamin Wermund
Politico

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Under Betsy DeVos, the Department of Education leaves transgender protections up to the schools

Grace Nash
Muckrock

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ezs note:  This is a very important document. Muckrock e-mailed all 50 Departments of Education and requested under Freedom of Information acts what states were doing - or not doing - for these transgender students regarding their rights. Please stay informed!!

The Year The Religious Right Moved Into The White House

Miranda Blue
Right Wing Watch

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