As I am reading through this my first and continual thought is that she doesn't have a clue to what she is doing. She may have worked with education but definitely not the kind that she would be doing if she were to be confirmed. There are very big gaps in her knowledge and what she would be expected to do. So to me this doesn't inspire confidence in her or her possible methods. Reading over the transcript given I noticed that there seemed to be a few times where she didn't answer the question presented that she seemed to dodge it and try answering something else, or that she didn't know completely what something was like the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) Because of it only gave half answers until she was asked again later and had completely changed her answer on it saying she hadn't understood what it was when they asked earlier.
This is not the type of person we would want in our government because they don't understand what our needs are and how to properly take care of things.
In case you wanted to read the hearing portion I did here is a link to the page it was on.
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/18/510417234/the-devos-hearing-in-their-own-words
I completely agree with you! While it's okay for a principal or Super Intendant of a school district not to have a mostly complete knowledge of the workings of education in our nation, it is a completely different story for the secretary of education! We need someone who is knowledgeable of the issues in the education system and is willing to work to better every part of it.
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