Posted on 07/17/2022 10:30:22 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Betsy DeVos, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Education under former President Donald Trump, has called for the abolishment of the Department of Education.
Speaking at the “Moms for Liberty” summit, DeVos said the federal government should be removed from education, leaving it to state and local governments.
“I personally think the Department of Education should not exist,” said DeVos, prompting a loud standing ovation from members of the audience, according to Florida Phoenix.
Though DeVos acknowledged the good that teachers serve, including those in attendance at the summit, she blasted teachers unions as a “K-12 cartel.”
The summit largely focused on how conservatives could win majorities in local school board elections with an aim to empower parental rights. The group “Moms for Liberty” sprung about in Florida during the pandemic in opposition to children being forced to mask in schools. As the summit unfolded, various speakers instructed participants on how to select and promote conservatives in local school board elections while other workshops instructed parents on legal strategies when battling far-left agendas like “gender ideology, in our schools,” “social and emotional learning” and “restorative justice.”
“It’s wonderful that the Administration wants to advance school choice but a nationwide federal tax-credit scholarship program is the wrong way to do it,” said Lindsey Burke, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy. “This could open the door for further education regulations down the road that neutralize the advantages of private education as well as impede future tax reform efforts.”
“Future administrations could use a federal tax-credit scholarship to require that schools adhere to certain admissions and accountability policies,” she added. “That would mean the federal government could further dictate testing, reporting, academic content, and even bathroom policies for all schools involved.”
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Should have been done decades ago.
Childishly stupid and ignorant American people believe the Dept. of Education funds the local schools. Not true.
Their local tax money is extorted from them and wasted on woke brainwashing classes. Local school taxes fund the schools and the Ru Paul cross dressing perverts.
I fully agree with Betsy DeVos, but she won’t get much serious attention. She did not get serious attention even when she served as education secretary. The Teacher’s Unions and obedient media slaves saw to that.
I hope I am wrong about that.
And put it into law they can’t ever work in education again.
They also must not be allowed to be in any position of authority
with children involved.
It’s been said before but never accomplished Betsy DeVos IMHO just another member of the “Fakeservative Caucus” and if you recall she wanted to remove President Trump from office in January of 2021.
I guess she wants to erase that blot on her record with this drama about getting rid of the DOE.
Makes me wonder about this “Moms For Liberty” outfit more GOPe astroturf to move us folks away from MAGA-Donald Trump etc.
+1
Sometimes local taxes DON’T fund the local schools. In CA, all the taxes for public schools are sent to Sacramento and redistributed to schools so that the poorest districts get the most funding and the wealthy districts get the least. Students are not funded equally as they are in other states.
Just like Robin Hood here in Texas.
And those very same people have been lulled into a state where they think they can’t do anything.
And that is 100% not true.
WHAT A FANTASTIC IDEA! CAN’T HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH!
IT WOULD BE ONE DREAM COME TRUE.
Nothing but codswallop comes out of that department.
Should have NEVER started.
Yep, created under Jimmy Carter. The education system began it’s downfall after that turning the public schools into indoctrinariums.
Not just the DOE but the majority of government needs to go except the Military
She should have pushed for this when Trump was in office.
Yep. Talk is cheap.
Indeed. It’s nothing but a Department of Re-education.
No hero. Convenient stance.
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