Betsy DeVos Quotes
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As we know, lots of people working together to solve problems doesn't happen often enough, particularly here in Washington.
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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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Homeschooling represents another perfectly valid educational option.
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Teachers deserve more respect than many give them, and more opportunities than the system affords them today.
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Dick and I became increasingly committed to helping other parents - parents from low-income families in particular.
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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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We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.
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Social justice and economics are both issues to me.
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We can focus on differences that divide us, or we can choose to listen and learn from each other's experiences.
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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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I expect there will be more private schools.
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I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.
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At what point do we accept the fact that throwing money at the problem isn't the solution?
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My faith motivates me to really try to work on behalf of and advocate for those who are least able to advocate for themselves.
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All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.
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The bigger goal of giving all parents more choices is one that will have to be discussed and undoubtedly roundly debated, but we are going to have to continue to build the case. The momentum is there on the state level in many states. That's where the energy needs to be harnessed in a new way.
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I expect there will be more virtual schools.
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I'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support Special Olympics - an important program that promotes leadership and empowers students to be agents of change.
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You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.
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If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.
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More and more parents are coming to realize their children are suffering at the hands of a system built to strangle any reform, any innovation, or any change. . . . This realization is becoming more evident as the momentum builds for an education revolution.
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Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the merits of the complaint.
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My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party.
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If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.