Linda McMahon arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. The draft text of an executive order directs the newly sworn-in secretary of education to take steps to prepare for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education.
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When will the Department of Education be dissolved? Secretary Linda McMahon says she doesn't know
Trump to order McMahon to begin dissolving Education Department
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin taking the necessary steps to shutter the department. An administration official told
Trump Cancels Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education: What It Means for Students and Education Policy
Dismantling the Ed. Dept. is not a matter of giving power back to the states but of making education less equal from state to state.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said that congressional approval is needed to close the agency. Deep cuts to the workforce are expected in the short term.
Trump, 78, has also made no bones about his plans for the Education Department, telling reporters last month he hoped his nominee would “put herself out of a job.”
The drafted executive order instructs McMahon to “take all ... Education Secretary Linda McMahon has told staff that ‘Millions of young Americans are trapped in failing schools’ (Getty ...
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