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| 'The Department Of Education Should Not Exist:' Former DOE Secretary Betsy DeVos |
| 2022-07-18 |
| [DailyWire] Former U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke during the Moms For Liberty National Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday and called on abolishing the federal agency she once served. "I personally think the Department of Education should not exist," DeVos said during the summit, according to the Florida Phoenix. DeVos, who ran the education department during the Trump Administration, has continued advocating for school choice for American children. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation, DeVos said Republicans have talked about shrinking or eliminating the department for "many, many years." However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... she said taking practical steps like block grants to the states — a proposal recently introduced to Congress — could turn the tides and create a feasible option to make the idea a reality. "Just watching how the system has performed or not performed the last two years, I think makes this argument of shrinking the department to be much more potent," DeVos told the Daily Caller. Over the last two years, the education system had kept children hostage — many of whom could not escape. She laid out a five-point plan to reform education for Republicans to implement if the party can dominate Congress after the 2022 Midterm Elections come this November. In addition to eliminating the department, the Daily Caller reports that her plan also includes supporting multiple pathways to post-K-12 education, federal student aid reform, and restoring Title IX. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... educational freedom, which would give parents a choice to send their children to various schools, marks the former department head’s most important reform. "The solution to that is to have policies that will actually allow the resources to follow the family, to follow the child, to wherever their family decides they’re going to learn best," DeVos said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Can't see where Education has done anything for education. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-07-18 17:41 |
| #6 Where, pray tell, is the DOE mentioned in the Constitution? Like Roe V Wade it is none of the Federal Government Concern. And its more like Leave Everyone behind! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2022-07-18 12:26 |
| #5 Ever since the DOE was put in place America's education quality and standards has gone into the toilette. They system was built for teachers and the leave no one behind (So lets dumb down everyone). |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2022-07-18 10:55 |
| #4 Pull the old Atomic Energy Commission out of DoE and then shut down DoE as well. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-18 07:50 |
| #3 Except we traded a decent racer for a glue-nag. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-18 00:31 |
| #2 Daaaarth (as it's pronounced in Boston) - for some reason, I remember this like it happened yesterday. My first serious dose into politics is this one - Jimmy Carter agreed to create the DOE in exchange for the teacher's union (NEA) support in the election. I asked my old man - 'is this horse trading?' He's like 'yup'. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-07-18 00:19 |
| #1 Given the results it has produced, I would be inclined to agree. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-18 00:10 |