Exclusive: Education groups say Linda McMahon’s confirmation is essential to overhaul ‘years of incompetence’ at dept
February 5, 2025 | Jaryn Crouson
Parent advocacy groups are urging the Senate to swiftly confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education in order to repair the damages done to the department by the previous administration.
American Principles Project sent a letter Tuesday to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions commending nominee Linda McMahon’s “strong background and the necessary qualifications to lead and improve the Department of Education.” The letter, signed by Moms for Liberty, Claremont Institute, Family Research Council, and Eagle Forum, warned that the department “desperately needs a complete overhaul after years of incompetence, hyper-partisanship, and a purposeful anti-Christian agenda.”
“All that experience will serve her well at the Department of Education, which has gone off the rails under the Democrats’ rule,” the letter said of McMahon. “The Biden-Harris administration has used the Department of Education not to educate America’s children — who are steadily falling behind — but instead to push their radical cultural agenda on America’s kids and to punish anyone who dares stand in their way. Kids today are taught to hate their country, divide themselves by race, and embrace a pervasive gender ideology.”
The education department under former President Joe Biden “decided to wage war” against religious institutions and stifle trade schools in order to “protect the higher education cartel against competition” and uphold “cultural Marxism,” the letter states. The American Principles Project found in 2024 that Christian institutions and career colleges made up nearly 70% of penalties imposed by the Office of Enforcement despite these schools representing less than 10% of college students.
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