Education for all or for some – and at what price?
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You could not have had two more diametrically opposed headlines these past days. Betsy DeVos was confirmed (by an historic Vice Presidential tie-breaking vote) for Education Secretary, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced that all SF residents are eligible for free community college starting in the Fall.
![Betsy Devos swearing in ceremony](https://www.netimpact.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Devos%20Pence-3.jpg?width=780&height=438&name=Devos%20Pence-3.jpg)
David E. Kirkland, an education professor at New York University who has studied Ms. DeVos’s impact in Michigan, said he feared she could hurt public education and pull resources out of schools in need of federal funding. We shall see what transpires.
![Ed Lee announcing free college for SF residents.](https://www.netimpact.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ed%20lee%20announcing-3.jpg?width=920&height=631&name=ed%20lee%20announcing-3.jpg)
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Despite concerns about the changing education environment, the panelists called on Northwestern students to take an active role in fighting education inequity by joining campus organizations and voting in local school board elections.
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