Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her agency took the first step Tuesday to eliminate “bureaucratic bloat” and bring more power to America during an interview on Tuesday on “Ingraham Angle.”
The Ministry of Education announced it Cut almost half Of the workforce when President Donald Trump moved to remove the agency. The affected department staff will be on administrative leave starting Friday.
McMahon said the decision was part of the president's mission. “Obviously, his direction for me is to close the Ministry of Education, and that's what I know we have to work with Congress.
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Morning Sun lights the front of the Department of Education building in a report that it will take steps to reimburse the Federal Education Division in Washington, USA on February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarck)
Trump I swear on the campaign trail It closes the federal department and gives parents the option of school choice.
“We're going to finish education coming out of Washington, DC. We're going to close it. Many times, all the buildings that hate our kids and often we're going to send it all back to America,” he said in a campaign video.
Commanders are expected to sign an executive order instructing McMahon to officially find a way Dismantling the education department. But Trump wouldn't be able to completely rule it out without Congressional actions.
The Education Secretary said the remaining approximately 2,000 staff will ensure that outward programs such as grants and legislative spending are being handled properly.
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon will visit Fox & Friends at Fox News Channel Studios on March 7, 2025 in New York City. ((Photo Noam Galai/Getty Images by Photograph))
“None of them are going to go through the cracks,” she vowed.
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Randy Weingerten, President of the American Federation of Teachers He spoke to MSNBC in an interview Closing the education sector over the weekend is “in reality it's as symbolic as disaster.”
“The federal government doesn't control education, and the states have local school boards doing that. This is about opportunity,” she argued. “That's why a lot of people are so angry about it because they're removing opportunities from kids that don't have it.”
McMahon pushed back Weingarten's claimthe Trump administration says it doesn't want to take away education.
On May 13, 2019, Randy Weingerten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, was at the town hall with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) of 2020 presidential candidate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and members of the American Federation of Teachers. ((Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/Nurphoto via Getty Images))
“The president never said that. He's removing bureaucracy from education so that more money flows to the state. Better education is closest to children.
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“I think we'll see students rise with the students when they can also educate their parents' input.”
