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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited three Nebraska K-12 schools Thursday, the third day of her 鈥淩ethink Schools鈥� cross-country tour.

She visited Nelson Mandela Elementary, a foundation-funded, tuition-free, K-3 private school in Omaha; St. Mary鈥檚 Catholic School in Lincoln; and the Science Focus Program at the Lincoln Children鈥檚 Zoo.

At Mandela, DeVos saw a kindergarten math class, a third-grade language arts class, and a violin class 鈥渨here students practiced a tango,鈥� the聽.

Unlike Wyoming and Colorado, which DeVos visited on her tour Wednesday, Nebraska doesn鈥檛 have a charter school law or any private school choice programs. Leaders at the Mandela school emphasized that they don鈥檛 support charters and have a strong relationship with the Omaha Public Schools, according to the World-Herald.

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At her second stop, St. Mary鈥檚, DeVos read Dr. Seuss鈥檚 Oh, The Places You鈥檒l Go! to kindergartners and listened to a choir practice, according to the paper.

DeVos was met by one protester in a bear mask at the school, a reference to the secretary鈥檚 fumble at her Senate confirmation hearing that some Wyoming schools might need guns to protect students from grizzly bears.

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There were about 75 protesters at the Zoo School, according to a by Omaha World-Herald news reporter Roseann Moring. Some were members of Betsy Riot, which describes itself as a neo-suffragist and punk protest group, holding signs protesting DeVos鈥檚 announcement last week that she鈥檒l聽redo Title IX regulations governing how schools handle sexual assaults on campus.

Some students at the Zoo School registered their objections by wearing 鈥淚 Heart Public School鈥� T-shirts, which, according to a聽 from World-Herald reporter Erin Duffy, they said were 鈥渢he politest protest they could think of.鈥�

At the Zoo School, DeVos watched students care for the animals, including feeding an iguana cooked sweet potatoes, and met students in a research class.

DeVos was to visit Johnson County Community College Thursday evening. On Friday, she will visit the Kansas City Academy in Missouri, a private middle-high school with an arts focus known for its acceptance of LGBT students, then move on to Indiana.

There, she鈥檒l visit Gary Middle College/21st Century Charter, which allows students to take college courses for credit, and Hope Academy in Indianapolis, a charter school for students with drug and alcohol addiction. She鈥檒l end her tour Friday evening at a football game at Eastern Hancock High School in Charlottesville, Indiana.

 

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