Betsy DeVos, meet W.E.B. Du Bois.
The US Department of Education, helmed by its new secretary, DeVos, on Sunday misspelled the name of African American historian and civil-rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois in a tweet.
The Education Department tweeted at 8:45 a.m, “ `Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life.’ – W.E.B. DeBois.”
The misspelling wasn’t corrected until 12:15 p.m.
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
“Post updated – our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo,” the department said.
Critics of DeVos and the Trump Administration had a field day with the flub.
“You should also teach spelling and Black history,” tweeted Texas Christian University political-science professor Emily Farris. “Shameful.”
Others were amazed it took so long to correct.
Addisu Demissie, a campaign manager for US Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), tweeted, “sweet baby Jesus delete this … no seriously, I know it’s Sunday but can someone get to an internet and handle this.”
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