A Note From Betsy
Education is the lifeblood of everything we want America to be. Every American is impacted every day by how our education system has – or has not – risen to meet the unique needs of each student… to meet your needs, as a student, a parent, a teacher, a family member, an employer, or a proud citizen of this remarkable land.
Fighting for freedom in education is my life’s work. It was the honor of my life to serve as the 11th United States Secretary of Education. While the four years I spent in Washington got a lot of attention, I’ve spent nearly forty fighting for kids, their families, and a better education ecosystem. And that fight continues today. That’s why I’m so glad you’re here to learn more and get involved.
If we fix education, we fix America. It really is that simple.
I hope you’ll join me in the fight to bring education freedom to every kid in America. After all, they represent 100% of our future.
On Sale Now at Your Favorite Bookstore:
Hostages No More – The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child
For too long, students have been held hostage by an outdated school system that’s focused on everything but children. We can change that.
Hostages No More tells the story of my fight for groundbreaking reforms to American education, but more importantly, it’s about our shared goal to free America’s children from an education system that continues to fail them. The school union bosses and their politician and media allies berate everyone who criticizes them, but parents are done being given excuses about why their kids aren’t learning and why they’re being force-fed poisonous curriculum.
I’ve been fighting alongside families for nearly 40 years, and the momentum demand for school choice is stronger than ever. This parent uprising will not stop until every family has education freedom. I hope this book will encourage you to join the fight for our children and our future.
Very excited for my friend Linda McMahon! She has a heart for kids and is a proven executive. I know she's ready to go to work to expand education freedom, restore Title IX and protect women, fix the mess on college campuses, return power to states and families, and, most importantly, PUT STUDENTS FIRST!
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Betsy DeVos praises Linda McMahon as 'great appointment' to lead Trump's Education Department | Fox News Video
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Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss why she thinks Linda McMahon is a great pick to lead the department as President-elect Donald Trump vows to bring educatio...6 CommentsComment on Facebook
30 schools in the chicago area. No one can read at their grade level. Help us in Illinois. The teachers union focuses on robbing the tax payer and not on education
Amy Wax: "Abolishing the Department of Education, which sounds good, is just another example of trying to use procedural measures to deal with a substantive problem. And I feel the same way about school choice and charter schools; all that stuff as great, but you have to recognize 95% of our students go to public schools so unless you go inside the public schools and make changes, nothing will happen. What about the Department of Education? The aspiration of shrinking the government by consolidating and closing down that in itself is a good thing but what you really have to look inside and ask yourself, “What are they doing? What are their programs? What are their functions? How are they promoting all this bad stuff, all the racialization and “equity” focus that's undermining learning and meritocracy. The broader questions that the Trump people need to ask the government as a whole. There are so many myriad areas where the government is prioritizing this stuff in every way, every day, and what programs are the Department of Education administering, and what are the sources of the program? Some of them are mandated in law. Pell Grants, low income grants, which are out of control and are going to all sorts of higher ed establishments and even graduate schools that are using race based decision making. That's an area where Congress can make sure it's not going to the wrong places that are engaged in the wrong policies. Title 1 money, K through 12 for low income schools, is a very powerful lever for telling schools you don't get any of that Title 1 money unless you clean up your act in all sorts of different ways. I would rather look inside the box and see what they're doing now. You could close the department and farm some of this stuff out or some of it could just be abolished altogether but you have to go case by case to see where it's coming from. If it's coming from Congress, then you know you have to try and minimize its its evil impact. If it's coming from the Executive branch and regulation, it's a lot easier to to shrink it or even get rid of it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ5F4Sl0VzQ
You are so cold that you are not able to recognize whether anyone else has a heart.
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Glad to see you back!
Seems like some folks in our govt need prison time for misuse of public funds
Please dismantle them
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There's a lot to do to get students back on the right track and clean up the mess Biden-Harris and Sec. Cardona will leave behind. I shared my thoughts on the agenda for President Trump's second term with EdWeek:
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Betsy DeVos' Advice for Trump's Next Education Secretary
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DeVos is eager to see a second Trump administration finish what she helped start on school choice and rolling back the federal K-12 role.18 CommentsComment on Facebook
I really wish our public schools could be totally overhauled. There should only be two classes that children are required by law to attend. First class is a combination of math and science and the second class is a combination of history, reading, and writing. These are the only classes they should be expected to be quiet and sit still in. They should be the classes that come first in the day and once done parents have a choice to come get their children or let them stay at school. The rest of the classes should be elective. Computer, art, gym, home economics and more. Children shouldn't be required to sit still and be quiet throughout the elective classes and should be able to go outside for a ten-minute walk whenever they need a break. This way parents who work still have a place for their children to be and children get more exercise and chances to socialize. Children should not be expected to sit for 8 hours a day being quiet because it is not natural or healthy.
Incentivize private education, including parent led education. Competition between public(state), private, and parent led education will improve and make education more efficient. Our current regimented and one-size-fits all method of teaching is antiquated. Our universities are not making teachers. They are building robots.
Best idea drop the dept. turn everything to the states and local government.
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And every teacher and student in America will benefit.
Here's how:
https://spectator.org/shut-down-the-department-of-education/
A well-deserved victory tonight for the Lady Wolf Pack volleyball team!
These ladies are also winning on the issue of PROTECTING women’s sports.
This is a matter of safety, fairness, and privacy.
I hope all of Nevada and America join in standing with these brave young women.
Sadly, we know her answer. The Biden-Harris #TitleIX regulation answers it quite clearly.
I can’t even believe we're even debating whether biological men, identifying as women, should be allowed to compete in women's sports!
What happened to the country I love—a nation that was always rooted in fairness?