January 30, 2017
An open letter to the U.S. Senate HELP Committee:
We are writing to voice our concerns about Betsy DeVos’ nomination for the Secretary of Education. We write for ourselves as scholars and citizens, and not as representatives of our institutions.
As researchers whose work focuses on understanding and improving education in the United States, we appreciate Mrs. DeVos’ legacy of advocacy for empowering parents through school choice. We can see that her commitment and experience in this area is genuine.
But we believe that this expertise is not enough to effectively lead the Department of Education. Mrs. DeVos’ testimony suggests she regards school choice as a cure for all that ails American public schools. It is not. Over the last two decades, we and our peers have dedicated considerable energy to researching school choice as a strategy to extend educational opportunities to youth who are underserved in American schools. The resulting empirical literature is decidedly mixed. While the charter school movement has led to the creation of many excellent schools, there are also many highly ineffective charter schools. While the evidence strongly suggests that voucher programs boost parental satisfaction with their children’s schools, the evidence on whether vouchers boost student achievement remains inconclusive. Our view is that choice in and of itself is not enough to create a more effective and equitable American educational system.
We were disappointed by Mrs. DeVos’ lack of familiarity with the many other issues in the U.S. Department of Education’s portfolio. Mrs. DeVos was unable to competently answer questions from Senators Kaine, Franken, and Hassan on such fundamental issues as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and school accountability systems. Her inadequate response to these and other crucial questions raises substantial doubt in our minds as to her ability to lead a Department that coordinates efforts affecting the educational experiences of the more than 75 million students who enroll in American public and private preschools; elementary, middle, and high schools; and, colleges and universities. It is striking to consider that Mrs. DeVos would be the first Secretary in the history of the U.S. Department of Education to take the job without substantial prior career experience in education or government.
While we appreciate the tradition of local control in American schooling, we know that the federal government plays a unique and important role in our complex system of public schools. Central to the federal government’s role is holding schools, systems, and educators accountable for providing equal opportunities and for student outcomes. Historically, the role of the Secretary has entailed the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders such as school administrators, chief state school officers, teachers, state and local school board members, and leaders of the major associations representing these parties, to lead them in concert toward common national educational aspirations. Mrs. DeVos is neither particularly knowledgeable about, nor seemingly interested in, these constituencies.
Throughout her hearing, Mrs. DeVos backed away from recognizing the Department of Education’s responsibility to ensure the provision of equal opportunities for all students. But this responsibility would be central to her role in the Department. More than any other law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is the origin of the federal role in American schools. This law is, as our colleague Bob Pianta notes, “at its heart a civil rights law.” We believe that a qualified nominee for Secretary of Education must commit to the mission of equal opportunity and safety for all American students -- including students with disabilities, students of color, English language learners, gay and lesbian students, and student survivors of campus rape. To back away from that role would be a mistake.
American schools make important advances when policy-makers put ideological assumptions and partisan politics aside to advance empirically validated school reform strategies. There are no simple solutions for the challenges that U.S. schools face, and the project of providing an excellent education to all American youth is an ongoing one that requires hard work and collaboration between federal and state governments. We fear that Betsy DeVos will abandon this effort.
Our kids deserve better.
Signed:
- Elisa S. Abes, Miami University
- Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Miami University
- Margaret Albers
- Donna Alvermann, University of Georgia
- Patricia Anders, university of arizona
- Brittany Aronson, Miami University
- Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur, Rhode Island College
- Maren Aukerman, Stanford University
- Elizabeth Popp Berman, University at Albany, SUNY
- Alison K Billman, University of California, Berkeley
- Meghan Block, Central Michigan University
- Corey Bunje Bower, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Kathleen M. Brown, The University of North Carolina
- Stephanie L. Brown, Florida State University
- Cassie J. Brownell
- Katrina Bulkley, Montclair State University
- Kevin J. Burke, University of Georgia
- Leslie Hazle Bussey, Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement
- Todd Campbell, University of Connecticut
- Jeffrey Carpenter, Elon University
- Terah Venzant Chambers, Michigan State University
- Britte Cheng, Britte.SRI International
- Mikel W. Cole, Clemson University
- Kathleen Collins Penn State University
- Eric Common, University of Kansas
- Bradley Conrad, Capital Unviersity
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- Leslie S. Cook, Appalachian State University
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- Pam Davis-Kean, University of Michigan
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- Jennifer Lee, University of California, Irvine
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