{"id":2409640,"date":"2025-03-04T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linda-mcmahon-announces-department-of-educations-final-mission-after-shes-sworn-in-as-its-chief\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T17:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:10:11","slug":"linda-mcmahon-announces-department-of-educations-final-mission-after-shes-sworn-in-as-its-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linda-mcmahon-announces-department-of-educations-final-mission-after-shes-sworn-in-as-its-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda McMahon Announces Department of Education&#8217;s &#8216;Final Mission&#8217; After She&#8217;s Sworn in as Its Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flinda-mcmahon-announces-department-of-educations-final-mission-after-shes-sworn-in-as-its-chief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Education Secretary Linda \u2064McMahon recently announced\u200b her vision for what she calls the &#8220;final mission&#8221; of the U.S. Department of Education, focusing on considerably \u200creducing its bureaucratic influence. Confirmed by the Senate, mcmahon outlined her intentions to transfer \u2062educational oversight from the federal government to state-level authorities, thereby granting local communities more \u200dautonomy in managing their\u200d educational systems. <\/p>\n<p>In her dialog,McMahon emphasized that the push to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy \u200bis intended to help schools,teachers,and\u2062 students thrive without\u2064 the constraints of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-senate-gop-bill-to-fast-track-new-us-semi-conductor-factories\/\" title=\"House Passes Senate GOP Bill to Fast-Track New US Semi-Conductor Factories\">federal red tape<\/a>. She argued that the current state of American education is dire,wiht many students trapped in underperforming schools and teachers leaving the profession \u2063due to \u200cbureaucratic challenges. <\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the importance of parental involvement, McMahon reinforced the principle that parents shoudl be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-for-allowing-daughter-to-socially-transition-without-their-consent\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Parents Sue School District for Allowing Daughter to &#039;Socially Transition&#039; Without Their Consent\">primary decision-makers<\/a> regarding their children&#8217;s education. She \u2063also criticized the focus on divisive ideologies in education, \u2064advocating for a return\u2064 to teaching \u2063foundational subjects \u2063like math and science.<\/p>\n<p>McMahon&#8217;s overarching goal is to restore what she views as a culture of excellence and liberty \u2064in American education. \u2064This mission is allegedly aligned with President Trump&#8217;s campaign promises, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">include drastic \u200creductions<\/a> to the Department of Education&#8217;s budget\u2063 and possibly working towards its complete elimination. According to reports, McMahon&#8217;s plan represents\u2062 a significant shift in education policy \u2062aimed at improving\u2062 student \u2062outcomes by redistributing\u2062 power\u200b and\u200c emphasizing local\u2064 governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nothing the Department of Education has done for America&rsquo;s children will be as important to them as its diminishment, according to Education Secretary Linda McMahon.<\/p>\n<p>McMahon was confirmed Monday by the Senate, and posted a statement of first principles on the Department of Education&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/speech\/secretary-mcmahon-our-departments-final-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> in which she made clear that the department&rsquo;s days of holding education in its bureaucratic grip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/happening-trump-moves-dismantle-department-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are over<\/a>, writing that the department is tasked with &ldquo;accomplishing the elimination of bureaucratic bloat here at the Department of Education &mdash; a momentous final mission &mdash; quickly and responsibly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-education-budget-cuts-10-useless-federal-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McMahon<\/a> said she was named to the post by President Donald Trump &ldquo;to take the lead on one of his most momentous campaign promises to families&rdquo; and launch an &ldquo;effective transfer of educational oversight to the states&rdquo; that will &ldquo;mean more autonomy for local communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My vision is aligned with the President&rsquo;s: to send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Department of Education&rsquo;s role in this new era of accountability is to restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about our final mission: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7XnCDshZu4\">https:\/\/t.co\/7XnCDshZu4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZA18RYDYYv\">pic.twitter.com\/ZA18RYDYYv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EDSecMcMahon\/status\/1896920035505135833?\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;American education can be the greatest in the world. It ought not to be corrupted by political ideologies, special interests, and unjust discrimination. Parents, teachers, and students alike deserve better,&rdquo; she wrote, saying that the role of the department is to &nbsp;&ldquo;restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The drive to &ldquo;eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy so that our colleges, K-12 schools, students, and teachers can innovate and thrive&rdquo; will &ldquo;profoundly impact staff, budgets, and agency operations here at the Department.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McMahon said foundational change is &ldquo; long overdue,&rdquo; noting that since 1980, the department has doled out about $1 billion, &ldquo;yet student outcomes have consistently languished.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Millions of young Americans are trapped in failing schools, subjected to radical anti-American ideology, or saddled with college debt for a degree that has not provided a meaningful return on their investment. Teachers are leaving the profession in droves after just a few years &mdash; and citing red tape as one of their primary reasons,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality of our education system is stark, and the American people have elected President Trump to make significant changes in Washington,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;Our job is to respect the will of the American people and the President they elected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McMahon wrote that the &ldquo;final mission&rdquo; of the department is &ldquo;a last chance to restore the culture of liberty and excellence that made American education great.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She said the future has three major principles, the first being &ldquo;Parents are the primary decision makers in their children&rsquo;s education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning in math, reading, science, and history &mdash; not divisive DEI programs and gender ideology,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She added that reform is needed in higher education as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As the Department of Education begins what she called its &ldquo;historic final mission on behalf of all students,&rdquo; she added, &ldquo;This is our opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope you will join me in ensuring that when our final mission is complete, we will all be able to say that we left American education freer, stronger, and with more hope for the future,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wwe-founder-linda-mcmahon-confirmed-secretary-education\/story?id=119406018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a> reported that, according to sources it did not name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-education-budget-cuts-10-useless-federal-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> is expected to sign an executive order seeking to cut the department to its bare bones and to push Congress for legislation to eliminate it altogether.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Confirmed by the Senate on Monday, McMahon shared a statement on the department&#8217;s website emphasizing that it will no longer maintain its bureaucratic control over education. She stated that her mission is to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and transfer educational oversight back to the states, allowing local communities more autonomy. McMahon expressed her alignment with President Trump&#8217;s vision of empowering parents in their children&#8217;s education and restoring state oversight while reducing federal overreach. She highlighted the need for meaningful learning and reform in higher education, aiming to improve outcomes for students trapped in failing schools or burdened by debt. As she embarks on this &#8220;historic final mission,&#8221; she hopes to leave American education stronger and more hopeful for future generations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2409641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linda-McMahon.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35134,37383,51525,51526,44849],"class_list":["post-2409640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-department-of-education","tag-education-reform","tag-final-mission","tag-leadership-announcement","tag-linda-mcmahon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Linda-McMahon.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409644,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409640\/revisions\/2409644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}