Linda McMahon confirmed as Trump's Education secretary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : "I told Linda, 'Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job,'" Trump previously said.
58% : "We will hold McMahon to her testimony on the importance of public ed and of getting every dollar approved by Congress into classrooms so that public schools are safe and welcoming environments where students are engaged and can thrive," said Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers.
56% : McMahon will have to catch up quickly, as the Department of Education has undergone multiple changes in the roughly six weeks since Trump took office.
42% : McMahon's nomination was opposed by teachers' unions and other groups worried about the fate of the department and her willingness to embrace school choice.
40% : Dozens of employees have been fired or placed on administrative leave, more than a billion dollars in government contracts have been severed, Title IX has been reset to its prior Trump-era form, multiple states are under investigation for their policies around transgender athletes and the federal government is at war against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, including at schools.
36% : "President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs," McMahon wrote to Democratic senators.
18% : "I also want to give you a chance to answer this, that you're not and President Trump is not talking about cutting any funding for children.

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