Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told Newsmax on Friday that President Donald Trump’s goal in drastically downsizing the Department of Education is to give all of America’s children “excellent education everywhere.”
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order to dismantle as much of the Department of Education as can be done without an order from Congress, which established the agency in 1979. McMahon said there has been a lot of “fearmongering” from opponents who assert that funds and teachers will be taken away from students.
“It’s just bunk. That’s clearly not going to happen. The president was very clear about that yesterday. So as we move things away from the Department of Education, there are various options and opportunities [for students to obtain loans],” she said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”
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