Trump and Education

No wonder Betsy DeVos is in favor of charter schools. It’s an easy way to make more money.  
 
“Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat City —  
 
[S]upport comes directly from the school district in which the charter is located.   They're also lucrative, attracting players like the specialty real estate investment trust EPR Properties. Charter schools are in the firm’s $3 billion portfolio along with retail space and movie megaplexes. 
 
As research paper writers claim, charter schools are frequently a way for politicians to reward their cronies. 
 
In Ohio, two firms operate 9% of the state’s charter schools and are collecting 38% of the state’s charter school funding increase this year. The operators of both firms donate generously to elected Republicans. 
 
The Arizona Republic found that charters ‘bought a variety of goods and services from the companies of board members or administrators, including textbooks, air conditioning repairs and transportation services.’  
 
In Florida, the for-profit school industry flooded legislative candidates with $1.8 million in donations last year. “Most of the money,” reports The Miami Herald, “went to Republicans, whose support of charter schools, vouchers, online education and private colleges has put public education dollars in private-sector pockets.” 
 
The above is from this article in Forbes: 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2013... 
 
DeVos is in favor of turning public K-12 schools into charter schools, not private schools. Private schools are not what she wants to turn public schools into. But as that article in Forbes shows, our tax dollars for public schools can be used for charter schools, which are privately run, and that's how they can become "gravy trains." 
 
For-profit higher ed colleges are also "gravy trains."  
 
Think Trump University.