Exclusive: Betsy DeVos Says Federal Government Has Failed to Improve Education

April 13, 2018
Happy Jefferson's Birthday from Washington, where, on the heels of the nation's latest "report card" on public education, we've got an on-camera interview with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Don't miss what she has to say to Rob Bluey about reversing negative trends by applying conservative principles. Ordinary guy Mark Robinson drew extraordinary attention by defending the Second Amendment at city hall. Rachel del Guidice gets his story. Plus: Mike Gonzalez on why we should care about Hungary, Star Parker on making the national debt a priority, and Kelsey Harkness and Ginny Montalbano on two very problematic women. Have a great weekend.
News Exclusive: Betsy DeVos Says Federal Government Has Failed to Improve Education "We've also tried to regulate and mandate a lot of things from the federal level. We have invested billions and billions and billions of dollars to try to focus on the lowest-performing schools, and the lowest-income students. And yet the results for those students continue to in most cases decline," says Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Read the Transcript or Watch the Interview
News Meet the Man Whose Hometown Defense of the Second Amendment Went Viral "If [our Founders] could give their lives to give us our freedoms, we can take a few harsh words and a few hits," says Mark Robinson, whose defense of the Second Amendment recently went viral. Read More
News Obama's Education Secretary: 'Our Nation Values Our Guns More Than We Value Our Kids' Arne Duncan says the Obama administration's failure to enact gun control is one of his biggest regrets. He also addresses criticism of changes he advocated to school discipline practices in an interview with The Daily Signal. Read the Transcript
Commentary Why the US Must Befriend Hungary's Populist Leader Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has delivered Hungarians economic growth the likes of which have not been seen in Western Europe in generations. He's also stood up to European Union bureaucrats, rejecting their demands that Hungary take in more immigrants. Read More
News Unhappy With Quick Vote on Spending Bill, Lawmaker Proposes More Time to Read Bills Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va., is fed up with lawmakers being given no time to read massive bills they must vote on virtually immediately. His new bill would change that status quo. Read More
Commentary Trump Should Focus on Debt Crisis Rather Than Raising Tariffs Americans are buying $506 billion in raw materials and consumer goods from China because we want this stuff. It makes us better off. Read More
Commentary Problematic Women: Women's March Reaches a New Low in Defense of Child Sex Trafficking Website Plus: We discuss a conservative woman who is finally getting recognized for her accomplishments, and rapper Cardi B's take on "abortion regret." Listen to the Podcast or Watch the Video
Commentary Why the Left Is Wrong About Jefferson's 'Wall of Separation Between Church and State' Those who seek to hijack the phrase "separation of church and state" to impose secular humanism on our political life can only do so by willfully turning a blind eye to Jefferson's own writings and his actions as president. Read More
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