High school journalists take on Betsy DeVos in editorial after being barred from event

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Kentucky high school student journalists penned an editorial taking on Betsy DeVos after they say security turned them away from an event held on a public college campus that featured the secretary of education

In an editorial titled "No Seat at the Roundtable," student journalists attending Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky, say they were barred from covering the event last Wednesday because they didn't have an invitation.

Matt Bevin, was held at the Bluegrass Community Technical College's Newtown campus and was billed as a"Roundtable on Education Freedom Scholarships." The students said they heard about the event the day before, on April 16, from social media and local news reports and"immediately began making plans to be there because as young journalists, we appreciate any opportunity received to demonstrate our professionalism.

 

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Why r u not talking about this!!!!!!

They're high school kids...not journalists. No big deal...no news, no nothing.

Doesn't BetsyDeVosED know that there is supposed to be free speech on campus? Perhaps her office should lose all Federal funding for prohobiting free speech.

Hi there :) Just a friendly reminder: Be kind yet stand up against evil. You are needed. You are loved. Your life has purpose. You are beautiful. Don't give up. Be the best version of you, everyday. Have a great day!

Plus she was a public school student Betsy doesn’t do public schools.

WECOME TO YOIR OWN MEDICINE LEFTIST SHEEP

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