President Donald Trump reaffirmed his intention on Tuesday to scale back the U.S. Department of Education, indicating that he has urged Secretary-Designate Linda McMahon to “put herself out of a job.” Trump emphasized his commitment to shifting educational oversight to the states and stated that he would collaborate with Congress and teachers’ unions to accomplish this goal.
“I believe strongly in school choice, but in addition to that, I want the states to run schools, and I want Linda to put herself out of a job,” Trump stated during an Oval Office press briefing.