Analysis: 'There is no such thing as public money' and 5 other revealing things Betsy DeVos just said
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks Monday at the Education Writers Association conference in Baltimore. By Valerie Strauss Valerie Strauss Reporter covering education, foreign affairs Email Bio Follow May 7 at 6:00 AM Education Secretary Betsy DeVos schooled education reporters Monday during a rare appearance at their convention in Baltimore, telling them that too many articles do not accurately portray her newest school choice program proposal.
In fact, she denied the existence of public money by invoking the words of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s late prime minister and a former education minister. DeVos said: The proposed program would provide tax credits to individuals and groups that donate to help children attend the school of their choice. The donations would receive a 100 percent tax credit and could go for just about any education-related purpose that expands school choice for families.
The education secretary’s faith in running schools like businesses was clear in her remarks Monday, in which she said that having more alternatives to traditional public schools will create “more excellence in every school.” Why? “Having competition and having comparison forces them to do things they wouldn’t have done previously.”
Asked by New York Times reporter Erica L. Green, who led a discussion with DeVos, what she thought of the teacher strikes that have rocked states for more than a year, DeVos said the teachers were not trying to solve their problems in an adult manner. She said:
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