Betsy DeVos is a thing. Yes, this is…a bit late, but DeVos has now taken over the Department of Education of the United States of America and mixed opinions, questions, and concerns about her qualifications have started to arise.

Many teachers and administrators in education believe that from here on, it’s all going downhill. How is someone who doesn’t believe in public education and has only ever educated her children or supported private schools going to run a country where a vast majority of schools are public?

“She’s going to do whatever she wants and she’s going to mess it up,” English teacher Erica Berry said. “She’s only going to support the upper elite and give nothing to anyone else.”

However, the ones who do support her, or rather, want to see what she’s capable of before concluding their opinions, even though DeVos has no teaching experience or expertise in education whatsoever.

“I support Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education because during the confirmation process she committed to strongly support public education and because of her support for local control, instead of having the federal government dictate education policy at the state and local level,” senator Rob Portman of Ohio said in an interview with Associated Press.

However DeVos has only supported Charter schools and it may be difficult for the public to support her since she’s only seen the problems from one end of the education spectrum.

The US Department of Education’s Twitter has been quite the controversy and place of amusement to people involved in politics. It’s also been a metaphorical smack to the face for those who support her.

The account published a quote from W.E.B. Dubois to celebrate Black History Month, only his name was misspelled.

“Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life. – W.E.B. DeBois pic.twitter.com/Re4cWkPSFA”

• US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017

An apology tweet was later posted, which has since been deleted since the word “apologies” was spelled incorrectly in that tweet.

“Post updated – our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo.”

• US Dept of Education (@usedgov) February 12, 2017

According to views from current and past senators, activists or researchers, Betsy DeVos’s “qualifications” include:

• Billionaire
• No education degree
• No teaching experience
• No experience working in a school environment
• Never attended public school or state university
• Never put her own children in public school
• Does not believe in or support public education
• Believes that public school teachers are overpaid
• Supports for-profit education
• Invested $200 million in Christian schools and organizations
• Doggedly advocates funneling money out of public education and into for-profit, Christian-based education.
• Donated $9.5 million to Trump’s campaign.

With a high amount of criticism heading her way and two Republican senators voting against her in her confirmation hearing, Betsy DeVos has a long four years ahead of her. Usually, for small positions like these, parties vote along party lines, just because the person isn’t active enough or that well known. But this time, everyone was paying attention as DeVos’s infamy soared shortly before the election. Clearly unqualified and in danger of destroying the department of education, parties did not vote along lines, ending with a with a historic 50/50 tie that and to be broken by VP Mike Pence, which has never occurred before.