Ranking committee member Bernie Sanders voted against Linda McMahon’s nomination, saying he would oppose any Trump nominee.

McMahon said student loans, special education funding, and grants for low-income schools would be streamlined but not cut under her leadership.

DOGE has also canceled 29 contracts related to DEI training in education totaling $101 million.

Some schools still promote racial preferences and ideologies, while others have renamed their DEI functions.

Partisan debates over what’s to blame for declining academic performance preview the battles ahead over education reform.

The president says his secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, will be expected to move all of its functions to states.

His order calling for universal school choice coincides with the latest Nation’s School Report Card results, which show a decline in reading and math scores.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights publicizes its first notice of investigation under the new administration.

By 2035, the classical education model is expected to serve 1.4 million students across 2,575 schools, both public and private, secular and nonsecular.

The veteran educator is represented by the same legal defense fund that vindicated a praying high school football coach in a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court case.