last week newly minted education secretary betsy devos tried to polish her rocky record as a public schools opponent with a visit to jefferson middle school academy, a public school in washington, d.c. her appearance at the school made headlines after she was met by protesters who temporarily blocked her from going inside. after her tour, she appeared on the front steps of the school pronouncing her visit to jefferson really wonderful. but as "the washington post" reported on saturday, when she talked about jefferson to a conservative paper just a few days later, she was singing a very different tune. devos said of the school's teachers, i can tell the attitude is more of a receive mode. they're waiting to be told what they have to do and that's not going to bring success to an individual child. you have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching. well, jefferson's teachers showed her just how empowered they are when the school's