Choices Quote by Claudio Sanchez

“For secretary of education there was Betsy DeVos, a fierce promoter of privatized schools and a wealthy lobbyist who raised ungodly amounts of money…

— Jared Yates Sexton

[Betsy] DeVos's statement turned a well-known Trump slogan, and proclaimed, we will make American education great again. Proponents of school choice were ecstatic, including…

— Claudio Sanchez

President-elect [Donald] Trump has made a provocative choice for secretary of education. Betsy DeVos comes from a wealthy Michigan family. She is an advocate…

— Steve Inskeep

“The DeVos family spent over $2 million in 2000 on a Michigan school voucher referendum that was defeated by 68 percent of the voters.…

— Jane Mayer

[Betsy DeVos] does care about charter schools, which are public schools. She does care about choice, which is a perfectly legitimate thing to care…

— David Brooks

On the [Betsy] DeVos case, I agree that the gun - her gun position is kind of weird, kind of crazy, but I do…

— David Brooks

I know that the DeVos agenda has absolutely devastated our public school system in Michigan.

— Gretchen Whitmer

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

— Randi Weingarten

Betsy DeVos is not the most informed person on education policy, but I have seen her present a few times, and she presents as…

— David Brooks

There is no more staunch advocate for taking public dollars and giving them to private schools - private schools that can pick the students…

— Claudio Sanchez

Much of the criticism centered around Betsy DeVos focuses on her lack of experience with public schools. While she has shown some interest in…

— Ana Kasparian

[Betsy DeVos] is quite a smart person, capable, pretty sophisticated in subtle thought. And so to me, that puts her in the realm of…

— David Brooks