DeVos Says School Choice Is Coming, Like It Or Not – By Lauren Camera (US News) / Oct 20 2020
The education secretary echoed President Trump’s campaign speeches in warning against socialism and government involvement in education.
WITH PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence heightening their calls for school choice on the campaign trail, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered the fullest picture of what that might entail and predicted more choice is inevitable whether or not Trump wins his reelection bid.
“Many in Washington think that because of their power there, they can make decisions for parents everywhere,” DeVos said Monday at Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan. “In that troubling scenario, the school building replaces the home, the child becomes a pawn, and the state replaces the family.”
In what was one of the most political speeches of her tenure, DeVos focused on the philosophy and life of Abraham Kuyper, a Dutch pastor and politician who is largely responsible for allowing public dollars to fund parochial schools in Holland, where the secretary traces her ancestry.
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