Political Quotes

Betsy DeVos

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Quotes by year · 1994202586 total · peak 2017 (52)
1994: 1 quote2017: 52 quotes2018: 14 quotes2019: 13 quotes2020: 5 quotes2025: 1 quote
Jun 5, 2017

Some of the programs that have been recommended for scaling back or cutting are duplicative, some of them are ineffective, and some of them could better be supported by State, local, or philanthropic efforts.

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Jun 5, 2017

I totally agree with you that student debt and student loans are of grave concern.

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Jun 5, 2017

We have not done a good job of helping students to know what their full menu of options are when pursuing higher education.

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Jun 5, 2017

I do find that strange. And in fact, in the last administration, there was $7 billion invested specifically into schools that were failing or deemed failing to improve them, and there was absolutely zero outcome from that investment.

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Jun 5, 2017

Schools that receive Federal funds need to follow Federal law, period.

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Apr 4, 2017

nothing more than adult daycare, a dangerous daycare.

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Apr 4, 2017

We should be shooting for excellence across the board, but in no way should it be a top-down, one size fits all solution from the Federal Government.

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Apr 4, 2017

We believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children's schooling and education decisions.

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Apr 4, 2017

In part, my support for educational choice is based on my strong belief in the power of markets and competition as drivers of educational quality and accountability.

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Apr 4, 2017

We are not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.

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Feb 21, 2017

The federal government has a moral obligation that no individual school district or state can advocate when it's regarding protecting children in school.

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Feb 21, 2017

We have a responsibility to protect every student in America.

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