Despite the objections of Senate Democrats, teachers unions and others, school choice activist and billionaire Republican donor Betsy DeVos passed a committee vote to be secretary of education. The nomination now moves to the full Senate. Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators gather Sunday at Philadelphia International Airport to protest President Trump's travel ban on refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations. Corey Perrine/AP hide caption
In the 2013-14 school year, nearly 70,000 students were arrested in a small share of America's public schools — about 8,000 schools. While every state had arrests in that year, most individual schools did not report any arrests. Education Week Research Center original analysis of Civil Rights Data Collection, 2017 hide caption
Six artists who have dyslexia find their words in art. NPR hide caption
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander and Education Secretary John B. King Jr. had been in a battle over Title I enforcement for some time. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Betsy DeVos prepares to testify at her confirmation hearing. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Betsy DeVos, Trump's nominee for education secretary, faces tough questions as her Senate confirmation hearings begin. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images hide caption
Margaret Spellings was the U.S. education secretary under George W. Bush from 2005-2009. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Stephanie Johnson works with a student at the Renaissance Academy, a charter school in Lehi, Utah. Dan Krauss for NPR hide caption
