Betsy DeVos: ‘The Public Is Demanding Change’ in Our Education System

HEINRICH Our next guest ░░░░░░░░ in a new FoxNews ░░░░░░░░ piece that our Education ░░░░░░░░ has failed and it ░░░░░░░░ time to restart from ░░░░░░░░ Let s bring in ░░░░░░░░ DeVos Education Secretary during ░░░░░░░░ Trump s first term ░░░░░░░░ thank you for being ░░░░░░░░ I want to just ░░░░░░░░ a piece of what ░░░░░░░░ wrote for us to ░░░░░░░░ us started You write ░░░░░░░░ must make meaningful change ░░░░░░░░ put students first Our ░░░░░░░░ security national security innovation ░░░░░░░░ and way of life ░░░░░░░░ in the balance America ░░░░░░░░ continue to lead the ░░░░░░░░ if its rising generation ░░░░░░░░ t even read let ░░░░░░░░ excel in math and ░░░░░░░░ You were looking at ░░░░░░░░ nation s report card ░░░░░░░░ sort of the basis ░░░░░░░░ what you ve said ░░░░░░░░ for us what the ░░░░░░░░ is there DEVOS Well ░░░░░░░░ We know that the ░░░░░░░░ has been an abject ░░░░░░░░ at its mission and ░░░░░░░░ was underscored with the ░░░░░░░░ recent nation s report ░░░░░░░░ results showing that a ░░░░░░░░ 70 percent of 8th ░░░░░░░░ and 4th graders can ░░░░░░░░ even read at grade ░░░░░░░░ If you can t ░░░░░░░░ you can t learn ░░░░░░░░ the the Department of ░░░░░░░░ s results have been ░░░░░░░░ over the 45 years ░░░░░░░░ s been in existence ░░░░░░░░ was founded to close ░░░░░░░░ gaps The achievement gaps ░░░░░░░░ only widened since its ░░░░░░░░ in 1979 It s ░░░░░░░░ to for a full ░░░░░░░░ President Trump is absolutely ░░░░░░░░ with calling for dismantling ░░░░░░░░ and I hope that ░░░░░░░░ will go along with ░░░░░░░░ and we ll see ░░░░░░░░ wisdom in returning the ░░░░░░░░ the control back to ░░░░░░░░ states and importantly back ░░░░░░░░ families and parents at ░░░░░░░░ most local level HEINRICH ░░░░░░░░ know in the president ░░░░░░░░ first term he there ░░░░░░░░ a similar push to ░░░░░░░░ the size of the ░░░░░░░░ There was an effort ░░░░░░░░ try to cut its ░░░░░░░░ but in fact Congress ░░░░░░░░ up raising the Department ░░░░░░░░ each year So how ░░░░░░░░ something like that happen ░░░░░░░░ is it likely to ░░░░░░░░ again DEVOS Well we ░░░░░░░░ very hard to scale ░░░░░░░░ what the Department did ░░░░░░░░ intrusion that it had ░░░░░░░░ the lives of families ░░░░░░░░ importantly in state policy ░░░░░░░░ But since then we ░░░░░░░░ Covid and Americans eyes ░░░░░░░░ open to just what ░░░░░░░░ abject failure this federal ░░░░░░░░ has been at its ░░░░░░░░ It has people have ░░░░░░░░ firsthand how the heavy ░░░░░░░░ of the federal government ░░░░░░░░ precluded kids from their ░░░░░░░░ even in spite of ░░░░░░░░ another 190 billion extra ░░░░░░░░ bring kids up to ░░░░░░░░ because of Covid learning ░░░░░░░░ Not only have those ░░░░░░░░ losses accelerated since Covid ░░░░░░░░ they were well on ░░░░░░░░ way in the wrong ░░░░░░░░ before Covid even came ░░░░░░░░ So people s eyes ░░░░░░░░ open This is a ░░░░░░░░ of opportunity and the ░░░░░░░░ is demanding change.”