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  1. 3 hours ago

    Trump touts German apprenticeship programs: 'That's a word I like: Apprentice'

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  2. 4 hours ago

    "That's a name I like -- apprentice" -- Trump touting German apprenticeship programs.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Trump: So many people go to college...They don't like it, they're not necessarily good at it, but they're good at things like fixing engines

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    6 hours ago

    Hey kids! Remember when it was the Irish (not Muslims) IDed by nativists as posing an existential threat to America?

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  5. 5 hours ago

    One big Trump ally says he will "fight like hell" against the administration's proposed cuts to after-school funding

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    7 hours ago

    White nationalist Richard Spencer gets his money from cotton fields (because, of course) – and the government

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  7. 7 hours ago

    “You can’t make all those cuts and then tell me that you support African American education — because you don’t.”

    Trump's budget is “a big slap in the face” to the HBCUs he tried to woo. More in :
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  8. 7 hours ago

    Trump's budget is “a big slap in the face” to the HBCUs he tried to woo. More in :

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  9. 8 hours ago

    After a rocky first month, Betsy DeVos’ big moment has arrived: Selling Trump’s school choice plan to Congress

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    9 hours ago

    That time the Secretary of State threatened war with North Korea and didn't bring any American reporters along...

    No press pool on trip. Just one reporter who has not filed a story yet.
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    9 hours ago

    .: As Texs tuition rises, financial aid is covering less and less

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    10 hours ago

    Reminder: Angela Merkel, who is meeting w today, really did have her phone tapped by the Obama administration

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    10 hours ago

    Can sell school choice to America? and take a look: | Photo: Getty

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    10 hours ago

    Trump Ally to White House: Don't Cut After-School Funding

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  16. Mar 16

    ., this tweet is outdated now. Update:

    DeVos: Budget is "first step in investing in education programs that work." (Cuts ED by $9 billion, adds $1.4 billion for "school choice")
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  17. Mar 16

    DeVos: Budget is "first step in investing in education programs that work." (Cuts ED by $9 billion, adds $1.4 billion for "school choice")

    Betsy DeVos: Budget "keeps with President Trump’s promise to focus the on its mission to serve students."
    2 replies 6 retweets 3 likes
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    Mar 16

    No demonstrable evidence that feeding kids makes them fed

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    Mulvaney: No evidence that after-school programs to help kids get fed improves performance.
    7 replies 40 retweets 98 likes
  19. Mar 16

    Betsy DeVos: Budget "keeps with President Trump’s promise to focus the on its mission to serve students."

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  20. Mar 16

    “A decade of research" shows a host of benefits to children in after-school programs: h/t

    Trump's budget chief says "we can't prove" that the after-school programs the budget calls for cutting actually work.
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