DeVos promotes school choice, local control
March 12, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Monday sought to convince public school leaders that school choice and local control are important in education.
Speaking to members of The Council of the Great City Schools, a group of the nation's largest urban school districts, DeVos stressed that parents, not Washington politicians, should be making choices about their children's education.
"Parents know better than any politician or administrator the unique needs of each of their children," DeVos said. "Time and again, when parents are empowered to take charge of their children's educat...
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