Recently appointed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has found little support in her new role, and many are questioning her qualifications.

On Dec. 3, Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press wrote that “DeVos isn’t an educator, or an education leader.”

On Dec. 8, Valerie Strauss of The Washington Post wrote about DeVos and her work in attempting to privatize public education. As a former Republican Party chairwoman and chair of the American Federation for Children, DeVos has worked to “use public funds to pay for private school,” Strauss said.

In the upcoming Mar/Apr issue of Mother Jones, Kristina Rizga finds yet another point of concern regarding the pairing of DeVos to public education. The DeVoses’ foundation has altogether given $8.6 million to religious schooling institutions and can be seen as a precursor for Trump’s call to give $20 billion federal dollars to charter, private and religious schools.

While there is no clear stance on whether or not DeVos will advocate a separation of church and state, Rizga has quoted DeVos saying “Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God’s Kingdom.”

During DeVos’ hearing on Jan. 17, when asked about equal standards of accountability between schools by Sen. Tim Kaine, she said only, “I support accountability.” When asked by Kaine if all schools should be equally accountable, DeVos said simply, “No.”

Many of these concerns are shared by SMSU Professor Emeritus Jim Zarzana.

“If she gets what she wants, there’d be no national oversight,” Zarana said. “She has no knowledge about what she is taking over. She is totally unqualified.”