Forbes – Maureen Sullivan
“Betsy DeVos, President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, delivered a preview of her likely answers at Tuesday’s Senate confirmation hearing at a speech she gave in 2015 in Austin, Texas. Speaking at SXSWedu (South by Southwest education conference), she called out the Luddites of the education industry who cling to a Model T world in the era of Tesla. “The dollars should follow every single child,” DeVos said, stabbing away at what she sees as an antiquated government-down system that sends money to school buildings and districts and rejects the notion of choice for all students and parents. Here are some of her views from that speech.”(more)