School choice advocates are optimistic about Education Secretary Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump‘s plans to reinvigorate the Republican-led efforts to expand parents’ options for their children’s education.
The Senate voted 51-45 on Monday to confirm Linda McMahon as Education secretary to lead a department that President Donald Trump has instructed her to dismantle and eventually close. Republicans were unanimous in their support for McMahon while no Democrats backed her confirmation.
The Senate confirmed Linda McMahon to lead the Education Department by a party-line vote of 51 to 45.
A draft of an executive order reportedly instructs newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all available steps “permitted by law” to close the sprawling department, which has
President Trump’s dream of closing the Department of Education is impossible without Congress, but that doesn’t mean he has no power to shrink or weaken the federal agency. While some