In an interview on Tuesday, former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education. Bravo !!!
"The bureaucrats at the Department of Education aren’t doing the job. They haven’t done the job for more than four decades to close achievement gaps, they’ve only widened," she added.
DeVos then said that education freedom and school choice needs to happen as soon as Trump enters office.
“The [teachers] unions have overplayed their hand in every area. Parents have seen it,” DeVos added.
“The Department doesn’t really add any value anywhere,” she stated, adding that only 9 percent of spending for K-12 comes from the federal government but over 90 percent of the regulation comes from Washington.
“It’s not what’s best for students, it’s what’s best for lobbyists,” she said.
DeVos said that fixing Title IX and passing school choice policies should be handled, and “in that process, make the case for disbanding and winding down, de-powering the Department of Education.” 
Earlier this week, a video re-circulated by Young Americans for Liberty showed Trump explaining how he is prepared to shut down the U.S. Department of Education when he enters office.