Betsy DeVos Quotes
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Discrimination in any form is wrong. I don't support discrimination in any form.
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Government tends to stifle innovation, and it abhors improvisation. Any good military strategist will tell you that a battle plan rarely survives past the first engagement. After that, you have to improvise to survive and to win.
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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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As we know, lots of people working together to solve problems doesn't happen often enough, particularly here in Washington.
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Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.
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All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.
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We won't accomplish our goals by creating a new federal bureaucracy or by bribing states with their own taxpayers' money.
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We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.
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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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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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I expect there will be more private schools.
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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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Social justice and economics are both issues to me.
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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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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 do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.
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You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.
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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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I expect there will be more virtual schools.
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If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public 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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Parents no longer believe that a one-size-fits-all model of learning meets the needs of every child. And they know other options exist, whether magnet, virtual, charter, home, faith-based, or any other combination.
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If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.
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Trump's vision continues taking shape.