Top 44 Betsy DeVos Quotes

Let me say, I fully embrace equality, and I believe in the innate value of every single human being and that all students, no matter their age, should be able to attend a school and feel safe and be free of discrimination.

Teachers deserve more respect than many give them, and more opportunities than the system affords them today.

I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.

I expect there will be more virtual schools.

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.

I expect there will be more public charter schools.

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.

We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.

The older generations are too wedded to political parties, too wedded to romantic memories of what education was like when they were kids, and too wedded to the status quo group that clings to power.

If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn’t need a budget at all.

If you don’t live in an area with good public schools, you can move to a different place if you have the financial means to do so.

The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.

The president has made good on a promise to ensure that the American people are not subject to overreach… and fulfilled a commitment to keep America first and focus on American jobs.

We, as a society, will benefit from the interest young people show beginning at first, second, and third grades. As a result, there’s great promise in the future.

There isn’t really any Common Core any more. Each state is able to set the standards for their state. They may elect to adopt very high standards for their students to aspire to and to work toward. And that will be up to each state.

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.

The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children’s schooling and education decisions.

When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.

Federal law must be followed where federal dollars are in play.

I don’t think Donald Trump represents the Republican Party… I think more and more people are going to realize that they really don’t trust him.

We won’t accomplish our goals by creating a new federal bureaucracy or by bribing states with their own taxpayers’ money.

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.

When it comes to education, no solution, not even ones we like, should be dictated or run from Washington, D.C.

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

You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.

My faith motivates me to really try to work on behalf of and advocate for those who are least able to advocate for themselves.

Too many children today are trapped in schools that don’t work for them.

As we know, lots of people working together to solve problems doesn’t happen often enough, particularly here in Washington.

I look forward to talking about how we can work together to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students while also refocusing the federal role in education.

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.

Our nation’s commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.

If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.

Let’s choose to hear one another out.

Just as the traditional taxi system revolted against ride sharing, so too does the education establishment feel threatened by the rise of school choice.

Trump’s vision continues taking shape.

I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother’s behalf on her foundation’s board.

I support accountability.

If we can manage to break free, to open the system and embrace all choices for education, we will be the first to give politicians awards to hang on their office walls.

I greatly appreciate being asked to be part of President-elect Trump’s team and I will continue to enthusiastically support him and his agenda for American renewal.

Homeschooling represents another perfectly valid educational option.

All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.

Education broadens our horizons and enables us to confront realities we’d never before anticipated.

The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.

If a parent chooses to go to a school that is not a public school, then that is a decision made and a contract made with that provider.