
There was a small buzz this week in education policy circles, because Trump announced his pick for the Department of Education — WWE Empress, Linda McMahon. It was a small buzz, because nobody really knows what she’s going to do, but everyone has opinions. Including me.
We’re already discussed his plans for the Department of Education. The Hechinger Report published their analysis of what would happen if Trump eliminated the DOE. They came to a very similar conclusion: “Deleting the agency would not undo federal law providing money for students in rural places, with disabilities or who come from low-income families, but doling out that money and overseeing it could get messy.”
