Trump Cabinet members actions and issues: on Education

Betsy DeVos: Cut funding if transgender students to compete by gender

Ben Carson: Carson Scholars Fund: $7M in scholarships

Born in Detroit to a single mother with a 3rd grade education who worked multiple jobs to support their family, Secretary Carson was raised to love reading and education. He graduated from Yale University and earned his M.D. from the University of Michigan Medical School. He and his wife are the proud parents of three adult sons and three grandchildren.

Betsy DeVos: Mother was public school teacher; Betsy was in-school mentor

For 15 years, DeVos served as an in-school mentor for at-risk children in the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Public Schools. Her interactions there with students, families and teachers, according to DeVos, "changed my life and my perspective about education forever." A leader in the movement to empower parents, DeVos has worked to support the creation of new educational choices for students in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

Scott Pruitt: Evolution is unproven theory

"There aren't sufficient scientific facts to establish the theory of evolution, and it deals with the origins of man, which is more from a philosophical standpoint than a scientific standpoint," he said in one part of the series, in which Pruitt and the program's hosts discussed issues related to the Constitution.

Two years earlier, Pruitt had supported an unsuccessful bill that would have required textbooks in Oklahoma to carry a disclaimer that evolution is a theory.

EPA would not say this week whether any of Pruitt's positions have changed since 2005. An EPA spokesman said "if you're insinuating that a Christian should not serve in capacity as EPA administrator, that is offensive and a question that does not warrant any further attention."

Betsy DeVos: Use federal funds for private schools for military kids

Betsy DeVos: Contributes to education to advance "God's Kingdom"