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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.

DeVos made the remarks in an interview with Fox News.

“President Trump will need to partner with Congress to actually get that done, but there are many steps that can be taken to re-empower states and local communities and importantly, families,” DeVos said in the interview about for former president’s plan and give power back to the states.

“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.

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