Education Secretary Linda McMahon is using Louisiana’s significant literacy improvements to support the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the US Department of Education. Beginning a nationwide tour, McMahon highlights how returning education control to states encourages local innovation and better use of federal funds. Despite legal challenges, cuts to the department continue, with special education funding and the department’s future remaining key points of discussion.Dismantling the Department of Education: How Linda McMahon is using Louisiana as an unlikely success story
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is using Louisiana’s significant literacy improvements to support the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the US Department of Education. Beginning a nationwide tour, McMahon highlights how returning education control to states encourages local innovation and better use of federal funds. Despite legal challenges, cuts to the department continue, with special education funding and the department’s future remaining key points of discussion.