“Education’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.” – Department of Education (DOE)

Education is fundamental to success in a society that’s future will be increasingly characterized by globalization and advanced technology.

However, the Department of Education (DOE) has failed miserably in its obligation to adequately prepare all students for life after public education. For this reason, newly appointed Secretary of Education (SOE) Betsy DeVos is the correct pick for the job.

Despite its nearly 40-year stranglehold on education and massive spending, the public education system has failed to deliver.  Senior writer at Pew Research Drew DeSilver conducted a study that evaluated the U.S. public education system.

According to DeSilver, the U.S., under the DOE, only ranked #38 in math and #24 in science out of 71 countries. Furthermore, DeSilver revealed that in 2015 the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) results showed average math scores for fourth and eighth-graders fell for the first time since 1990.

Similar studies conducted by The Heritage Foundation, the nation’s largest, conservative research and educational institution, found similar results.

According to the 2000 NAEP assessments. Proficiency rates decline by the time students reach their senior year of high school in most subjects. Furthermore, over half of all “poor” students fail to reach the basic level on NAEP assessments in most subjects.These findings demonstrate that there are fundamental problems in our educational system.

The same politicians and bureaucrats have run this country for over 30 years. Thus, if the solution to our educational system’s substandard performance was within, chances are it would have been developed and implemented by now. Instead, we continue to squander more and more money each year with no marked improvement.

Now, SOE DeVos promises significant changes to our education system by placing education back into the hands of parents through the implementation of a broader voucher system.  This voucher system essentially will afford parents the opportunity to send their children to the school they see fit, which could be significantly more beneficial to both parents and their children who live in under performing school districts.

Many individuals oppose DeVos as Secretary of Education.

Peter Greene of The Huffington Post, argued that DeVos should not be the elected choice for Secretary of Education, stating that she has no experience in public education, she lacks organizational experience, and her resume is void of administrative experience.

However, according to her website, DeVos and her staff detail her vast experience working in education.

DeVos has served as chairman of the American Federation for Children (AFC), the nation’s leading school choice advocacy group. She and her husband also helped found the West Michigan Aviation Academy, which is a public charter high school. Moreover, DeVos worked for the Foundation for Excellence in Education, serving on the board of director which seem to illustrate that DeVos has extensive organizational and administrative experience working in the education system.

The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education is the answer to our current problems. She promises to bring new energy and changes to our education system, and get it moving in the right direction again.