Betsy DeVos Quotes
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I will not be conflicted. Period. I commit that to you all.
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When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.
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Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness.
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Just as the traditional taxi system revolted against ride sharing, so too does the education establishment feel threatened by the rise of school choice.
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We'll be examining and auditing and reviewing all of the programs of the department and really figuring out what is the core mission and how can the federal department of education really support and enhance the role of the departments in the states.
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If politicians in a state block education choice, it means those politicians do not support equal opportunity for all kids.
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Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.
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Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.
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When it comes to education, no solution, not even ones we like, should be dictated or run from Washington, D.C.
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I don't think Donald Trump represents the Republican Party... I think more and more people are going to realize that they really don't trust him.
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My job isn't to win popularity contests.
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If you ask any of my kids today what their most important experience was in their education, they would say it was the travel and the ability to see and be in other cultures.
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President-elect Trump and I know it won't be Washington, D.C., that unlocks our nation's potential, nor a bigger bureaucracy, tougher mandates, or a federal agency. The answer is local control and listening to parents, students, and teachers.
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The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.
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Homeschooling represents another perfectly valid educational option.
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I would imagine that there’s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies.
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I can now video chat with my grandkids from any corner of the world, listen to music, or order food and have it delivered to my front door.
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There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education.
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Let me say, I fully embrace equality, and I believe in the innate value of every single human being and that all students, no matter their age, should be able to attend a school and feel safe and be free of discrimination.
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If you can't get cell phone service in your living room, then your particular provider is failing you. You should have the option to find a network that does work.
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That's where my heart has been for three decades is to really empower and allow all families the same kind of opportunities I've had for my kids.
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It would be fine with me to have myself worked out of a job, but I'm not sure that - I'm not sure that there will be a champion movement in Congress to do that.
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Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.
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Teachers deserve more respect than many give them, and more opportunities than the system affords them today.