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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos received poor grades from many students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after her brief visit on Wednesday to the site of the mass shooting in February. SEE ALSO: Trump’s Failure Of An Education Secretary Grades Her First Year In Office The students, many of them new gun control advocates, wanted to hear DeVos’ policy thoughts on how to stem gun violence in schools. Instead, she had little interaction with the few students who were allowed to meet her, Carly Novell , a student newspaper editor, told The Huffington Post . Literally no one asked for this https://t.co/79A54IbIht — Sarah Chadwick// #NEVERAGAIN (@sarahchad_) March 7, 2018 Do something unexpected: answer our questions. You came to our school just for publicity and avoided our questions for the 90 minutes you were actually here. How about you actually do your job? #neveragain #DoYourJob https://t.co/4Ts0INq0gR — Aly Sheehy (@Aly_Sheehy) March 7, 2018 After visiting the school, DeVos held a press conference and expressed her openness to the idea of arming teachers, similar to the model used in Texas . “I think that’s a model that can be adopted and should be an option for schools, for states, for communities,” DeVos said, adding that it should not be required everywhere. Education Sec. Betsy DeVos says arming school personnel “should be an option … but it's certainly not one that needs to be required or mandated for every community.” pic.twitter.com/I450RZR5D6 — NBC News (@NBCNews) March 7, 2018 Arming teachers, however, endangers the lives of Black children. “It does not take a great deal of imagination to contemplate instances in which armed teachers dealing with recalcitrant children will react out of fear and racial stereotype and discharge their weapons as they do the disciplinary code,” wrote Sherrilyn Ifill , president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. A school environment where teachers are encouraged to carry weapons could also make law enforcement officers stationed at schools feel more at ease to shoot first and ask questions later. Read my latest piece on how #NotesFromTheField tells us the likely outcome of arming teachers. https://t.co/1IDesgqXgM — Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) March 6, 2018 Several hours after DeVos’ visit, NBA superstar Dwayne Wade met with Douglas High School students to lift their spirits in the aftermath of the trauma. The students gave him an enthusiastic welcome. One of the 17 shooting victims, Joaquin Oliver , was a huge fan of the former Miami Heat player. Oliver was buried in his Heat jersey. Dwayne Wade showed up at Stoneman Douglas High School and was greeted warmly by the students. ( : @Ryan_Deitsch ) pic.twitter.com/aBZGxiqv2p — The Shadow League (@ShadowLeagueTSL) March 7, 2018 SEE ALSO: Help Wanted At The White House As Employment Opportunities Abound With Nonstop Resignations, Firings Ben Carson Continues To Destroy HUD By Removing Anti-Discrimination Language From Mission Statement [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”2185499″ overlay=”true”]
Betsy DeVos Gets A Big Thumbs Down After Parkland High School Visit
