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I support accountability.
My job isn't to win popularity contests.
I expect there will be more private schools.
I expect there will be more virtual schools.
I expect there will be more public charter schools.
Social justice and economics are both issues to me.
Where conflicts are identified, they will be resolved.
I will not be conflicted. Period. I commit that to you all.
Federal law must be followed where federal dollars are in play.
If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for great public schools.
All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.
If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.
Homeschooling represents another perfectly valid educational option.
Assault in any form is never OK, and I want to be very clear on that.
I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control.
I will not be deterred from my mission of helping kids in this country.
Too many children today are trapped in schools that don't work for them.
You have to have teachers who are empowered to facilitate great teaching.
We've seen more and more people opt for homeschooling, including in urban areas.
Discrimination in any form is wrong. I don't support discrimination in any form.
We knew we had the resources to send our kids to whatever school was best for them.
We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.
The vast majority of students in this country will continue to attend public schools.
At what point do we accept the fact that throwing money at the problem isn't the solution?
My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party.
I can assure you I have never made decisions on my mother's behalf on her foundation's board.
Every child in America deserves to be in a safe environment that is free from discrimination.
Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.
No child's dream should be limited by the quality, or lack thereof, of the education they receive.
Education broadens our horizons and enables us to confront realities we'd never before anticipated.
There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education.
It is necessary and critical for states to have flexibility to determine how to identify and improve schools.
Teachers deserve more respect than many give them, and more opportunities than the system affords them today.
We can focus on differences that divide us, or we can choose to listen and learn from each other's experiences.
When it comes to education, no solution, not even ones we like, should be dictated or run from Washington, D.C.
Every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive environment where they can learn, thrive, and grow.
Dick and I became increasingly committed to helping other parents - parents from low-income families in particular.
The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.
One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with people with whom we disagree.
We won't accomplish our goals by creating a new federal bureaucracy or by bribing states with their own taxpayers' money.
Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.
As we know, lots of people working together to solve problems doesn't happen often enough, particularly here in Washington.
If politicians in a state block education choice, it means those politicians do not support equal opportunity for all kids.
My faith motivates me to really try to work on behalf of and advocate for those who are least able to advocate for themselves.
If you don't live in an area with good public schools, you can move to a different place if you have the financial means to do so.
We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.
If a parent chooses to go to a school that is not a public school, then that is a decision made and a contract made with that provider.
No student should feel like there isn't a way to seek justice, and no student should feel that the scales are tipped against him or her.
The bottom line is we believe that parents are the best equipped to make choices for their children's schooling and education decisions.
I consider protecting all students, including LGBTQ students, not only a key priority for the Department, but for every school in America.