Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Newsmax on Thursday that America’s struggling students — not Washington bureaucrats — are driving her mission to dismantle the Department of Education and return control of education to the states.
In an interview on Newsmax’s “National Report,” McMahon said President Donald Trump was “embarrassed” and “angered” after reviewing the nation’s education data shortly after taking office.
“When the president first took office last January … we were only reading and doing math at 30% proficiency in 12th grade, eighth grade, and fourth grade,” McMahon said. “Now think about that — 30% proficiency across our country.”
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