President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 19 that he is nominating billionaire Linda McMahon to be his Education Secretary.
“Linda will use her decades of leadership experience and deep understanding of both education and business to empower the next generation of American students and workers and make America Number One in education in the world,” Trump said in a statement.
Trump has pledged to dismantle the Department of Education, though that would require an act of Congress. He has also said the issue of education would be left to the individual states to decide. The department has 4,400 employees.
If confirmed by the Senate, McMahon, 76, would be the fourth female to head the Department of Education….