Source: Common Dreams
by Andrew Kordik
“After surviving a contentious US Senate confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon, the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO turned secretary of education, received a profound first directive from President Donald Trump: ‘Put yourself out of a job.’ Like other appointees, Mrs. McMahon has done exactly as ordered by a president who accepts nothing less. As Secretary, McMahon has championed Trump’s executive order dismantling her department and delivering its K-12 responsibilities to state and local governments. She has fired 1,315 department employees, targeting jobs in the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, groups that investigate civil rights complaints in schools and provide advice on best practices in teaching. As a result, the department’s staff has been nearly halved since January.” (09/27/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-mcmahon-war-on-edu