Trump, McMahon and Education

Trump's Education Secretary Pick 'Wholeheartedly Supports' His Plan To Dissolve It
President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs,” Linda McMahon wrote.
Who is Linda McMahon? CT resident could be Trump’s education secretary
Linda McMahon, 76, stepped down as CEO of WWE in 2009 to run for political office. Now she’s Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary.
Who is Trump’s education secretary nominee Linda McMahon?
Billionaire Linda McMahon, a Trump loyalist and leader of the America First Policy Institute, is set to be confirmed as the next Secretary of Education, tasked with destroying public education.
Trump’s Pick For Education Secretary Proposes Offloading Special Ed
As President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Education moves toward confirmation, her knowledge of special education and her plans for the program are raising concerns.
Trump's education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it does
A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At her confirmation hearing Thursday,
McMahon says she ‘wholeheartedly’ agrees with Trump plan to abolish Education Department
Linda McMahon, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Education, said she “wholeheartedly” agrees with his plan to abolish the federal agency. The statement came in response to questions posed by Democratic Sens.
Expert: Cutting Department of Education Is More Complicated Than Trump Thinks
On this episode of America's Talking, Casey Harper, D.C. Bureau Chief for The Center Square, is joined by David Randall, Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars. They
Parents urge education secretary to save school
Parents have urged a government minister to reconsider her decision to allow the closure of a North Yorkshire primary school.
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Linda McMahon’s Nomination as Trump’s Education Secretary Heads to Senate Floor
Senators in the education committee voted to approve McMahon’s nomination. Her nomination will now go to the full Senate for ...
Senate committee advances ex-wrestling CEO Linda McMahon as Trump’s nominee for education secretary
Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, ...
McMahon’s hearing for Education secretary will be unlike anything we have seen in a generation
Democrats express outrage over the nominees’ past statements, or policy positions, alarmed by what they have promised to do ...
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Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary pick, says she’ll fight antisemitism — but offers few specifics
At her confirmation hearing Thursday, Linda McMahon made clear she expected to face questions about how she would combat campus antisemitism as secretary of education. “If I am confirmed ...
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon Invokes Indian Boarding Schools During Her Confirmation Proceedings
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions voted 12-11 along party lines on Thursday to advance Linda ...
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Education Secretary says Birbalsingh’s account of meeting ‘not as it was’
The Education Secretary said high-profile school leader Katharine Birbalsingh’s account of a discordant meeting between them was “not as it was”. Bridget Phillipson met Ms Birbalsingh ...
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Gov. Phil Scott’s ‘education transformation’ bill hits the Legislature, all 176 pages of it
Now in bill form, the proposal sets minimum class sizes, caps spending next year, and significantly restricts which private schools are eligible to receive public money.