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But Tuesday, she suggested the scores have fallen because \"Michigan hasn't embraced further reforms and hasn't yet offered parents robust choice.\"

\"States surrounding Michigan offer parents more choices and see improving student achievement,\" she argued at a National PTA conference in Arlington, Virginia. \"There are some who say that choice takes money away from school buildings, from school systems. But money doesn’t belong to buildings or systems. Taxpayer money belongs to you.\"

In the same conference, she also alluded to arming teachers, something she's grappled with since suggesting schools have \"the option and the opportunity\" to do so in the wake of the Parkland shooting four weeks ago.

\"We must improve physical security at our schools. This includes assisting states to train specially qualified school personnel on a voluntary basis,\" Devos said. \"These highly specialized courses prepare school staff to respond to incidents.\"

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