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Parental involvement is the number one driver of kids’ success in school and I will help the incoming Secretary any way I can to ensure parents get back in the driver’s seat of their child’s education,
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice said
I think you’ll see an end to mass student debt cancellation proposals, most of which have been of dubious constitutionality,
McCluskey saidLike most Trump picks, as surprising as they seem, she clearly has an agenda to blow up business as usual,
said Dan Bowling, who teaches labor courses at Georgia State University's law schoolFrom what I can tell about Linda McMahon and her connections to Trump, it’s not really a surprising pick from that standpoint,
he saidThere are lots of things she can use the bully pulpit for that she can't do herself,
he saidWe're going to have a secretary of Education who has been in the classroom,
she told NBC News at the time
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During his first term, Donald Trump appointed Betsy DeVos to undermine and ultimately privatize public schools through vouchers,
Pringle said
America’s schoolchildren and college students deserved an Education Secretary who brings deep education experience to the role,
Shaun Harper, a USC professor of education, public policy and business, told the Los Angeles TimesThere’s too much of our woke environment,
she said last month on the Lou Holtz Show podcastNow, diversity, equity, and inclusion is important. I believe everybody should have the same opportunity, everybody should be treated equally.”
However, she followed it up by sayingLike Betsy DeVos, McMahon has no background in public schools nor any understanding of what it takes to help every student thrive,
it saidFun Fact: Linda McMahon will be the first Secretary of Education to survive a Stone Cold Stunner,
joked one fanLinda McMahon was terrible at taking the Stone Cold Stunner and for this reason I believe she is totally unqualified to be Education secretary.”
Another person added
I believe the Senate should have access to that,
Mullin told NBC News on Sunday
I think that would be a Pandora’s box,
Johnson told CNN on SundayWhile we expect that we will disagree with Linda McMahon on many issues, our devotion to kids requires us to work together on policies that can improve the lives of students, their families, their educators and their communities,
she said in a statement
By selecting Linda McMahon, Donald Trump is showing that he could not care less about our students' futures,
Becky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, said in a statementAs Secretary of Education, she'll work with @realDonaldTrump to empower parents with education freedom & send education back to the states so that every child can thrive."
He wrote on XMcMahon's only mission is to eliminate the Department of Education and take away taxpayer dollars from public schools."
She addedLet's put parents back in the drivers seat by supporting Linda as she works for a future where education is directed by parents and is focused on equipping students for success in the real world,
she added