Tag: Betsy DeVos

  • Students in Woodbridge share thoughts on gun control reform with Congressman Pallone

    Students in Woodbridge share thoughts on gun control reform with Congressman Pallone

    WOODBRIDGE — Students at all three high schools in the township had an honest discussion with Congressman Frank Pallone (D-Middlesex, Monmouth) about the gun violence epidemic facing communities every day. “The common theme here is guns,” Pallone said. “America’s gun violence crisis is not normal and it’s not inevitable. Americans are 25 times more likely…

  • Charter schools ‘destroy public school systems’

    Charter schools ‘destroy public school systems’

    As a longtime North Brunswick resident, I wanted to speak against defunding public education in favor of charter or private schools. The issues with charter schools have become more divisive after Betsy DeVos was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Education. Mrs. DeVos is a strong proponent of transferring public funds in the form of…