Trump picks Linda McMahon to lead, and possibly dismantle, Education Department - The Hechinger Report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : "Linda will use her decades of Leadership experience, and deep understanding of both Education and Business, to empower the next Generation of American Students and Workers, and make America Number One in Education in the World," Trump wrote.
73% : Related: COLUMN: As Betsy DeVos steps down, critics hope it is time to put the public back in public educationDuring his first term, Trump chose Betsy DeVos, a staunch supporter of private schools and school choice, as his education secretary.
59% : Trump announced the selection Tuesday evening on Truth Social after multiple news outlets reported it.
55% : Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.
53% : Related: What education could look like under Trump and VanceTrump has made a series of startling choices for his initial cabinet picks, often favoring loyalists with little experience or advocates whose goals are opposed to the agencies he wants them to lead.
53% : In choosing McMahon, Trump passed over experienced Republican state superintendents like Cade Brumley of Louisiana and dedicated culture warriors like Tiffany Justice, the co-founder of Moms for Liberty whose name was floated as a potential education secretary.
44% : Related: How could Project 2025 change educationThe Republican Party platform, which Trump shaped, also called for better connecting education to work opportunities, an issue that could be a rare point of bipartisan cooperation on education policy.
42% : In an emailed statement, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten also said she wants to know more about McMahon and hopes Trump is serious about improving career and technical education and expanding apprenticeships, even as she urged him not to get rid of the Education Department.
41% : Former professional wrestling executive and billionaire Linda McMahon is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, an agency Trump has pledged to dismantle.
13% : Trump campaigned on getting rid of the U.S. Department of Education, expanding school choice, rolling back Biden-era Title IX changes that expanded legal protections for transgender students, and punishing "woke" schools.

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