Quotes from Betsy DeVos

We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.

We've seen more and more people opt for homeschooling, including in urban areas.

Opening a complaint for investigation in no way implies that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made a determination about the merits of the complaint.

Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift the paradigm to think of education funding as investments made in individual children, not in institutions or buildings.

Homeschooling represents another perfectly valid educational option.

The vast majority of students in this country will continue to attend public schools.

I need to stress that I could not be more supportive of great teachers and great teaching, no matter what kind of delivery vehicle they are teaching through. We have to support great teachers. They just have to be freed up to do what they do best.

It could be easy to get frustrated or discouraged when it comes to educating students with disabilities. But that's because there are too often artificial barriers and roadblocks that limit your ability to focus on meeting their individual needs.

I support accountability.

Assault in any form is never OK, and I want to be very clear on that.

Parents no longer believe that a one-size-fits-all model of learning meets the needs of every child. And they know other options exist, whether magnet, virtual, charter, home, faith-based, or any other combination.

I expect there will be more virtual schools.

We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.