Okay, this is honestly getting so very, very silly.
Does Betsy DeVos think that by smiling when she spouts her horsesh*t answers to serious questions about the Education she's being asked by MEMBERS OF CONGRESS that anyone is fooled? Does she think we are all so profoundly stupid and ill-informed we don't recognize gaslighting 101? Of course, the answer is yes, and that is what is so very, very silly.
Silly Betsy. Betsy Smiles-A-Lot got her @ss handed to her by Rep. Lucy Roybal-Allard from California today, when challenged about her sick fantasy/justification for larger class sizes. DeVos had claimed,
Students may be better served by being in larger classes. If by hiring fewer teachers, a district or state can better compensate those who have demonstrated high quality and outstanding results.
(OR you could pay all teachers the wage they deserve.)
Rep. Roybal-Allard cited actual research conducted over decades, which concluded that of course, smaller classes were better for both students and teachers. She asked DeVos for any evidence-based research she had to back up her own statement. Devos responded,
DEVOS: Well, that must be in my written testimony, and I would just comment to the fact that given education freedom initiatives, there are different kinds of environments in which students learn well. Some students can learn better with larger classes, with more students to collaborate with, to learn with...
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