RUSH TRANSCRIPT Martha so ░░░░░░░░ jury taking all of ░░░░░░░░ in Cb thank you ░░░░░░░░ much So Elon Musk ░░░░░░░░ President Elect Trump s ░░░░░░░░ to got to the ░░░░░░░░ department calling it a ░░░░░░░░ idea that plans needs ░░░░░░░░ from Congress in order ░░░░░░░░ enact it The Wall ░░░░░░░░ Journal reports Trump is ░░░░░░░░ gearing up for an ░░░░░░░░ on wokeness in classrooms ░░░░░░░░ wants to expand school ░░░░░░░░ at a time when ░░░░░░░░ U S lags behind ░░░░░░░░ developed countries in reading ░░░░░░░░ and math Look at ░░░░░░░░ numbers We are 28 ░░░░░░░░ math 12 in science ░░░░░░░░ in reading from other ░░░░░░░░ countries That is a ░░░░░░░░ way from number one ░░░░░░░░ s bring in former ░░░░░░░░ secretary Betsy DeVos Betsy ░░░░░░░░ to see you again ░░░░░░░░ to have you with ░░░░░░░░ So first of all ░░░░░░░░ likely do you think ░░░░░░░░ is that this could ░░░░░░░░ that the Department of ░░░░░░░░ could be disbanded and ░░░░░░░░ is the path to ░░░░░░░░ that Well President Trump ░░░░░░░░ need to partner with ░░░░░░░░ to actually get that ░░░░░░░░ but there are many ░░░░░░░░ that can be taken ░░░░░░░░ reempower states and local ░░░░░░░░ and importantly families take ░░░░░░░░ power away from the ░░░░░░░░ of Education block grant ░░░░░░░░ funds continue to invest ░░░░░░░░ education but get it ░░░░░░░░ to a much more ░░░░░░░░ level where better decisions ░░░░░░░░ made on behalf of ░░░░░░░░ The bureaucrats at the ░░░░░░░░ of Education aren t ░░░░░░░░ the job They haven ░░░░░░░░ done the job for ░░░░░░░░ than four decades to ░░░░░░░░ achievement gaps They have ░░░░░░░░ widened Martha it s ░░░░░░░░ how far behind our ░░░░░░░░ have fallen And even ░░░░░░░░ so during Covid but ░░░░░░░░ was happening for a ░░░░░░░░ time before Covid and ░░░░░░░░ thought it was disheartening ░░░░░░░░ it was really not ░░░░░░░░ big topic at all ░░░░░░░░ the election betsy I ░░░░░░░░ not sure why that ░░░░░░░░ But you know what ░░░░░░░░ you thing needs to ░░░░░░░░ to get back on ░░░░░░░░ here Well first of ░░░░░░░░ Congress needs to pass ░░░░░░░░ federal tax credit that ░░░░░░░░ Trump has championed and ░░░░░░░░ we introduced and championed ░░░░░░░░ his first term That ░░░░░░░░ going to add rocket ░░░░░░░░ to the education freedom ░░░░░░░░ choice programs already going ░░░░░░░░ in states and give ░░░░░░░░ in states that don ░░░░░░░░ yet have programs the ░░░░░░░░ to make those choices ░░░░░░░░ for them with their ░░░░░░░░ Secondly there is every ░░░░░░░░ I said every opportunity ░░░░░░░░ really scale back and ░░░░░░░░ power the department It ░░░░░░░░ going to take Congress ░░░░░░░░ and support but that ░░░░░░░░ of opportunity is wide ░░░░░░░░ given the fact that ░░░░░░░░ Covid and the years ░░░░░░░░ the unions have overplayed ░░░░░░░░ hand in every area ░░░░░░░░ have seen it Martha ░░░░░░░░ know how much power ░░░░░░░░ unions had during Covid ░░░░░░░░ their negotiations in the ░░░░░░░░ education and the White ░░░░░░░░ But for folks that ░░░░░░░░ watching this the primitive ░░░░░░░░ in Washington D C ░░░░░░░░ local level with their ░░░░░░░░ what is the Department ░░░░░░░░ Education actually doing because ░░░░░░░░ Johnson is saying the ░░░░░░░░ wants to dismantle and ░░░░░░░░ would make things far ░░░░░░░░ Well the department doesn ░░░░░░░░ add any value anywhere ░░░░░░░░ 9 of spending for ░░░░░░░░ 12 education nationally comes ░░░░░░░░ the federal government Yet ░░░░░░░░ 90 of the regulation ░░░░░░░░ So all of those ░░░░░░░░ go out with strings ░░░░░░░░ Requiring states and communities ░░░░░░░░ do things the way ░░░░░░░░ federal agency in Washington ░░░░░░░░ it be done And ░░░░░░░░ guarantee you almost all ░░░░░░░░ the folks there have ░░░░░░░░ agenda and it s ░░░░░░░░ what s best for ░░░░░░░░ It s what s ░░░░░░░░ Martha there is a ░░░░░░░░ about lobbyists who have ░░░░░░░░ at the Department of ░░░░░░░░ In terms of Congress ░░░░░░░░ you see this in ░░░░░░░░ first hundred days because ░░░░░░░░ it looks like there ░░░░░░░░ a Republican house do ░░░░░░░░ see this as a ░░░░░░░░ And you think this ░░░░░░░░ actually happen in the ░░░░░░░░ hundred days of the ░░░░░░░░ presidency That the Department ░░░░░░░░ Education will go away ░░░░░░░░ the federal tax credit ░░░░░░░░ giving rocket fuel to ░░░░░░░░ school choice education freedom ░░░░░░░░ to be a top ░░░░░░░░ As also getting title ░░░░░░░░ fixed Martha so you ░░░░░░░░ saying you don t ░░░░░░░░ disbanded the d o ░░░░░░░░ is a priority I ░░░░░░░░ think it is a ░░░░░░░░ but some of these ░░░░░░░░ immediate things need to ░░░░░░░░ done first The fafsa ░░░░░░░░ student aid is a ░░░░░░░░ There are many areas ░░░░░░░░ need to be cleaned ░░░░░░░░ and in that process ░░░░░░░░ the case for disbanding ░░░░░░░░ winding down on the ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Education ░░░░░░░░ Betsy DeVos former education ░░░░░░░░ longtime school choice advocate ░░░░░░░░ to see you today ░░░░░░░░ now we re waiting ░░░░░░░░ the