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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center in Bellevue, Wash. DeVos’ school choice agenda got a bit of a boost this week from the Republican tax bill, which would allow parents to use education savings accounts to pay tuition at private and religious elementary and secondary schools. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Republican tax bill furthers DeVos’ push for school choice

by Maria Danilova Associated PressNovember 3, 2017

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at George Mason University Arlington, Va., campus. Students who attended for-profit colleges were twice as likely or more to default on their loans than students who attended public schools, according to a new federal study. The report comes as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rewrites rules that had been put in place by the Obama administration to protect students who said they were defrauded by their for-profit colleges. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Study: Over half of for-profit students defaulted on loans

by Maria Danilova Associated PressOctober 6, 2017

Protesters stand and hold signs and demonstrate during a speech by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Thursday. Sept. 28, 2017. She did not interrupt her speech to address the protesters, but later took some pointed questions from the audience. Asked about protections for transgender student, DeVos said she is committed to making sure all students are safe. Earlier this year, she rescinded guidance that allowed transgender students to use bathrooms that matched their gender identity. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)

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DeVos met by protesters at Harvard

by Maria Danilova Associated PressSeptember 28, 2017

In this March 30, 2015 file photo, Sarah Dieffenbacher, poses for a picture in Washington. Students who claim to have been defrauded by for-profit colleges may have to wait up to six more months before the Department of Education rules on their claims, according to a court document reviewed by the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Big holdup for borrowers claiming for-profit college fraud

by Maria Danilova Associated PressSeptember 12, 2017

In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump talks to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

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AP-NORC poll: Most Americans feel fine about school choice

by Maria Danilova Associated Press, and Emily Swanson Associated PressMay 12, 2017

Activists and protesters with the National Center for Transgender Equality rally in front of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Washington, after the Department of Education and the Justice Department announce plans to overturn the school guidance on protecting transgender students. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Conservatives laud Trump’s rollback of transgender bathroom requirements

by Sadie Gurman Associated Press, and Maria Danilova Associated PressFebruary 23, 2017

FILE - In this May 17, 2016 file photo, a new sticker is placed on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle. A government official says the Trump administration will revoke guidelines that say transgender students should be allowed to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Trump lifts trans bathroom guidance

by Maria Danilova Associated Press, and Sadie Gurman Associated PressFebruary 22, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence, right, swears in Betsy DeVos as education secretary in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House, Tuesday, as DeVos’ husband, Dick DeVos, looks on.

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DeVos ekes out confirmation win

by Maria Danilova Associated PressFebruary 7, 2017

In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The Senate voted on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to confirm Devos by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking 50-50 tie, despite a last-ditch effort by Democrats to sink the nomination.

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Senate confirms DeVos as education secretary

by Maria Danilova Associated PressFebruary 7, 2017

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. DeVos bid to become education secretary could be in trouble. Two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, announced their opposition to DeVos in speeches on the Senate floor Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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DeVos moves closer to confirmation as education secretary

by Maria Danilova Associated PressFebruary 4, 2017