Betsy DeVos: “I am a firm believer that parents should be empowered to choose the learning environment that's best for each of their…”

Reading opens kids' minds and expands their world. Literacy is the foundation of learning and it's the starting point on the pathway to the American dream.

Children should never, ever be discriminated against.

I think the block grant proposal is really sort of transformative in that way because it would allow for all of the uses of those programs.

My focus is and always will be on students and on helping all students get a great education through an equal opportunity.