Betsy DeVos Flunked Her '60 Minutes' Test

>> Stephen: DID YOU GUYS WATCH 60 MINUTES LAST NIGHT? VERY POPULAR SHOW, YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT. A FASCINATING INTERVIEW WITH SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND GARDEN PARTY GUESTS FROM "GET OUT" BETSY DeVos. ( LAUGHTER ) DEVOS SAT DOWN WITH LESLIE STAHL, WHO ASKED ABOUT DEVOS' PLAN TO TAKE FUNDING AWAY FROM STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> WHY TAKE MONEY FROM THAT SCHOOL THAT'S NOT WORKING TO BRING THEM UP TO A LEVEL WHERE THEY ARE WORKING? >> WE SHOULD BE FUNDING AND INVESTING IN STUDENTS, NOT IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS. >> STEPHEN: YOU KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE IN THE BUILDINGS, RIGHT? ( LAUGHTER ) WE DON'T RELEASE THEM INTO THE WILD AND SAY, "DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU KNOW TRIGONOMETRY!" ( LAUGHTER ) BUILDINGS ARE WHERE THE CLASSROOMS ARE, AND THE LOCKERS, AND THE CAFETERIA, AND THE GYM AND THE STAIRWAY WHERE MR. RIZZUTO GOES TO CRY. WE DON'T KNOW WHY. WE DON'T ASK. BUT IT STARTED RIGHT AFTER MS. MAZZUSKI LEFT. YEAH, THERE'S A STORY THERE, ISN'T THERE? DEVOS'S THEORY IS THAT, IF YOU TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GIVE IT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, THAT WILL SOMEHOW HELP THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT'S CALLED, "STUPID." ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE STUPID. MORE STUPID. AND STAHL POINTED OUT THAT THIS DIDN'T WORK IN DEVOS'S HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN. >> YOUR ARGUMENT THAT IF YOU TAKE FUNDS AWAY THAT THE SCHOOLS WILL GET BETTER IS NOT WORKING IN MICHIGAN, WHERE YOU HAD A HUGE IMPACT AND INFLUENCE OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE. >> I HESITATE TO TALK ABOUT ALL SCHOOLS IN GENERAL BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE MADE UP OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ATTENDING THEM. >> STEPHEN: NOW, I HESITATE TO TALK ABOUT HOW DUMB THAT SENTENCE IS IN GENERAL BECAUSE IT'S MADE UP OF ALL THE DUMB, INDIVIDUAL WORDS WITHIN IT. ALSO, YOUR JOB IS TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS IN GENERAL, NOT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. THAT'S WHY YOU RUN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND NOT THE "DEPARTMENT OF JENNIFER." ( LAUGHTER ) I'M WORRIED ABOUT JENNIFER. ( LAUGHTER ) AND SECRETARY DEVOS ADMITTED THAT SHE HASN'T REALLY DONE HER JOB. >> THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE ARE DOING WORSE THAN THEY DID. >> MICHIGAN SCHOOLS NEED TO DO BETTER. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. >> HAVE YOU SEEN THE REALLY BAD SCHOOLS? MAYBE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING? >> I HAVE NOT-- I HAVE NOT-- I HAVE NOT INTENTIONALLY VISITED SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDER-PERFORMING. >> STEPHEN: SO... YOU'VE ACCIDENTALLY VISITED THEM? YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. YOU HAVE A FEW TOO MANY, END UP WANDERING INTO A SCHOOL ZONE, THEN WAKE UP AND GO, "OH, GOD, WHO DID I HELP LAST NIGHT? POOR KIDS? EGG ON MY FACE. BECAUSE THEY THREW EGGS AT ME." ALSO WHY HAVEN'T YOU VISITED UNDER-PERFORMING SCHOOLS? THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB. IT'S LIKE A DOCTOR SAYING, "I HAVE NOT INTENTIONALLY VISITED SICK PATIENTS. I GIVE ALL THEIR MEDICINE TO THE HEALTHY PATIENTS, AND THAT GIVES THEM INCENTIVE TO GET BETTER!" ( LAUGHTER ) IN THE END, BETSY DEVOS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE'S NOT ONE OF THE POPULAR KIDS. >> WHY HAVE YOU BECOME, PEOPLE SAY, THE MOST HATED CABINET SECRETARY? >> I'M NOT SO SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT HAPPENED. >> STEPHEN: REALLY? ( LAUGHTER ) YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT LAST NIGHT'S "60 MINUTES."

Channel: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Length: 3min 47sec (227 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 13 2018