THE DOW, S&P AND NASDAQ ANYWHERE
FROM A QUARTER OF A% TO HAVE A%.
NOW THIS, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS DODGING QUESTIONS
SURPRISE SURPRISE, ON WHO WILL
ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE STUDENT
LOAN HANDOUT A LISTEN.
>> A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE
CRITICIZING WHAT WE RIGHTLY DID
TO FORGIVE STUDENT LOAN DEBT ARE
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GO BEFORE
TAX CUTS FOR THE RICHEST
AMERICANS.
90% OF THE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT
FROM STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS
THEY UNDER $75000 A YEAR END
THAT HAS BEEN THE REASON THEY
ARE UNABLE TO START A FAMILY, BY
HOME AND THE AMERICAN DREAM.
ASHLEY: OKAY.
STILL DON’T KNOW HOW WE ARE
GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
HOSTAGES NO MORE, FORMER
EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS
IS WITH US THIS MORNING.
WHO YOU THINK IS PUTTING FOOTING
THE BILL?
>> WELL, IT’S VERY RARE TO OUT
OF THREE AMERICANS -- ALL
AMERICANS WILL ACTUALLY OWN
STUDENT DEBT THIS PLAN GOES
THROUGH.
TWO OUT OF THREE AMERICANS NEVER
TOOK OUT STUDENT LOANS OR DIDN’T
ATTEND COLLEGE.
NOT EVEN THE STUDENTS WHO
FAITHFULLY PAY DOWN THEIR DEBT
OR VETERANS WHO EARNED THEIR
TUITION.
SHE CAN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION
BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T WANT TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION, SHE KNOWS
IT POLITICALLY A POISON PILL, A
PAYOFF ON ONE SIDE BUT HOPEFUL
VOTES BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE,
THEY KNOW THIS IS ULTIMATELY A
POLITICAL LOSER.
THIS IS NOTHING BUT A PLOY TO
TRY TO HELP GET VOTES IN THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
ASHLEY: YOUR CERTAINLY NOT THE
ONLY PERSON IS POINTED THAT OUT.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STATE
OF PUBLIC EDUCATION?
WE COME THROUGH THE PANDEMIC,
WHERE DO WE STAND RIGHT NOW?
>> IT’S CLEAR PARENTS HAVE --
THEY HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT ON
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MANY OF
THEM ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT
THEIR CHILDREN EXPERIENCED, WHAT
THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT
AND THEY ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
THEY ARE ALSO HELPING SPUR
MOMENTUM BEHIND POLICIES THAT
ARE GOING TO SUPPORT PARENTS AND
FAMILIES MAKING ALTERNATE
CHOICES AND FINDING ALTERNATE
OPTIONS IF THEIR ASSIGNED SCHOOL
HAS WORKED FOR THEIR CHILD SO
THAT IS A SILVER LINING TO THE
PANDEMIC.
AS HARMFUL AS IT HAS BEEN TWO
CHILDREN, THE GOOD SIDE IS WE
ARE SEEING STATES EMBRACE
POLICIES EMPOWERING FAMILIES AS
THEY SHOULD BE TO MAKE THE
CHOICES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND
SCHOOL CHOICE, EDUCATION FREEDOM
IS ON A ROLL AND IT WILL
CONTINUE MOMENTUM BECAUSE THE
STATUS QUO CONTINUED TO DOUBLE
DOWN AND NOT LISTEN TO PARENTS
OR FAMILIES.
ASHLEY: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF THE PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM AS WE CONTINUE
TO SEE ENROLLMENT FALL?
>> WE’VE SEEN MORE THAN 2
MILLION CHILDREN LEAVE THE
PUBLIC GOVERNMENT RUN SCHOOLS
FOR ALTERNATE.
I LIKE TO REFER TO PUBLIC
EDUCATION AS ANY EDUCATION, ANY
ENVIRONMENT THAT PREPARES KIDS,
YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE LEADERS IN
THE NEXT GENERATION.
THAT’S TRULY PUBLIC EDUCATION,
DOING THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
IT IS A GOOD THING TO SEE THESE
OTHER CHOICES AND OPTIONS
DEVELOP WHETHER THEY ARE MORE
HOMESCHOOLING OR MICRO SCHOOL
OPTIONS OR ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE
TYPE APPROACHES OR FAITH-BASED
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE
BRINK OF CLOSING BUT NOW HAVE
THE OPTION OF TAKING IN CHILDREN
THROUGH POLICIES THAT SUPPORT
THAT.
THERE’S A WIDE RANGE OF CHOICES
AND OPTIONS FAMILIES CAN PURSUE
IF GIVEN RESOURCES, THE
RESOURCES ATTACHED TO THEIR
CHILDREN AND MAKE THE CHOICES AND DECISIONS FOR THEM.
AND DECISIONS FOR THEM.
ASHLEY: AND QUICKLY, WE HAVE A
TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS, SO MANY
ARE QUITTING, GETTING OUT OF
THAT YIELD.
HOW DO YOU FIX THAT?
>> IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE BASED ON
WHAT THEY’VE GONE THROUGH THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS EVEN BEFORE
THAT.
EDUCATION FREEDOM FOR TEACHERS
WILL BE THE BEST THING BECAUSE
EACH OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO FIND AN ENVIRONMENT THEY CAN
FIND AN ENVIRONMENT THEY CAN
THRIVE IN THEMSELVES WHERE THEY
CAN HELP THEIR STUDENTS ACHIEVE
THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.
IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR TEACHERS,
FAMILIES, STUDENTS, EDUCATION
FREEDOM IS THE DIRECTION WE
ULTIMATELY NEED TO GO IN THIS