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.
“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 former 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.”
Even former first kid Chelsea Clinton got in on the act, mocking the education department.
“Is it funny or sad funny that our Dept. of Education misspelled the name of the great W.E.B. Du Bois?” tweeted Clinton, daughter of 2016 popular vote winner Hillary Clinton.