politician
Política y filántropa estadounidense (nacida en 1958)
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Join the roomElisabeth Dee DeVos es una política, filántropa y exfuncionaria gubernamental estadounidense que se desempeñó como la 11.ª secretaria de Educación de los Estados Unidos de 2017 a 2021. DeVos es conocida por su activismo político conservador, y en particular por su apoyo a la elección de escuela, los programas de vales escolares y las escuelas charter. Fue delegada nacional republicana por Míchigan de 1992 a 1997 y se desempeñó como presidenta del Partido Republicano de Míchigan de 1996 a 2000, y nuevamente de 2003 a 2005. Ha abogado por el sistema de escuelas charter de Detroit y es una exmiembro de la junta de la Foundation for Excellence in Education. Ha servido como presidenta de la junta de la Alliance for School Choice y el Acton Institute y encabezó el All Children Matter PAC.
“I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in return. We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.”
“I would imagine that there’s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies.”
“More and more parents are coming to realize their children are suffering at the hands of a system built to strangle any reform, any innovation, or any change. . . . This realization is becoming more evident as the momentum builds for an education revolution.”
“More and more studies show that kids are actually stoppers of the disease and they don’t get it and transmit it themselves, so we should be in a posture of — the default should be getting back to school kids in person, in the classroom”
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