President Donald Trump signed a long -awaited executive order in the White House on Thursday to begin dismantling the Ministry of Education, a limiting promise on campaign and installing congress calculation.
Trump has repeatedly vowed on the mark of the 2024 campaign to close the Federal Agency and restore the school government to the states. Department of EducationHowever, the Congress created in 1979 and cannot be unilaterally closed by executive action. This can only be officially excluded with a congress act.
Republicans maintain a slim majority and in the House and in Senate. Shortly after Trump signed an executive command In the eastern room, Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., He announced in the post on Xu that he would file legislation to achieve the president’s goal.
US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive command in the eastern room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Linda McMahon’s education secretary admitted that the Agency would face some obstacles in the coming months, but promised to work with Congress to do the job.
“We spent almost 3 trillion dollars. We have seen our results continue to decline. We do something wrong. We have to change, “she said in an interview on Thursday for a” special report “.
“I want the congress to be a partner in this, and I believe it will be because both sides of the passage know that what is happening with education in our country cannot be allowed to stop because we are failing to our students.”
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Data from the national assessment of education progress, usually known as national reports, show knowledge of mathematics with 39% for fourth classrooms and 28% for eighth grade. Reading knowledge is not much better, 31%, or 30%.
Democratic legislators published statements shortly after the signing of Trump’s executive order, condemning his decision.
Senate minority leader Chuck SchumerDn.y., he said that the move would only harm the students. “Donald Trump will be felt by teachers, parents, school leaders and in the quality of education, our children get. The whole country’s property taxes are increasing, while the quality of many schools will be reduced,” he said.
McMahon said the main political anchorage of Fox News Bret Baier da Trump administration He wants students to improve and have more options.
“We want to improve the education for children. The president is an absolute advocate of school elections, and we will strive very much to make sure that children are not closed in failed schools,” she said.
“I think the return to the basics is the best way to do this. We have to teach mathematics and English language and literacy and writing. We need not teach ideology. We must allow teachers to hand over.”
AND Former WWE CEO He added that she started traveling all over the country, meeting Governors to understand what they needed to progress to improve educational systems in their countries.
The morning sun is shining in front of the Education Department, in the midst of a report that US President Donald Trump’s administration will take steps to separate the Federal Education Department, in Washington, USA, February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
“What kind of plans for the best practices can we make you at your disposal to see what other countries have done and successfully done? And that will be a goal. Let’s take care of information to our countries As we can so we can get the best results, “McMahon explained.
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She admitted that she could soon be out of work if the education department was thrown out, but in the meantime she said she wanted students to care for.
