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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

Maggie Webb, a junior high school math teacher at Clark Avenue School in Chelsea, Mass., volunteered to teach in a high-needs area in exchange for a federal grant called the TEACH grant. But a new report found that Webb and thousands of others had their grants converted to loans because of seemingly minor issues. Kayana Szymczak for NPR hide caption

Thousands of teachers rally at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Teachers went on strike over pay and benefits. John Raby/AP hide caption

While Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has in some ways made little progress on her signature issue — school choice — she spent much of her 12 months in office undoing work that she and many conservatives viewed as overreach by the Obama administration. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

Activists rally for the passage of a "clean" bill on the future of people who entered the country illegally as minors, outside the New York City office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption