'I think it's important that adults have adult disagreements on adult time, and that they not ultimately hurt kids in the process. I think too often they're doing so by walking out of classrooms and having arguments in the way that they are,' DeVos said.
Speaking at a conference in Baltimore on Monday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said teachers should use time outside of work to protest low wages, large class sizes and other issues.
Strikes have occurred in West Virginia, Arizona, Oklahoma and California, among other states, during the 2018-2019 school year. Teachers in other states, including North Carolina and Mississippi, have mulled strikes but thus far have not walked out of their classrooms. "The simple truth is I never imagined I'd be a focus of your coverage. I don't enjoy the publicity that comes with my position. I don't love being up on stage nor any kind of platform. I am an introvert," Devos said according to the AP. She later added that education"is not about Betsy DeVos nor about any other individual. It's about students."
Earlier this year, DeVos supported a statement by Trump that would have cut funding for the Special Olympics, though the policy was quickly walked back by the president.
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