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Secretary McMahon details Trump's push for school choice as he prepares to abolish Education Department
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss President Donald Trump's push to abolish the department, the administration's stance on anti-Israel college protests and DOGE's role within the Cabinet.
Department of Education staff are slated to receive "reduction in force" notices Tuesday ahead of nearly half of its staff getting terminated, Fox News Digital learned.
Personnel with the Education Department are set to receive "reduction in force" notices Tuesday evening, a source familiar told Fox News Digital Tuesday afternoon. The department will see nearly half of its staff eliminated.
Earlier Tuesday, a memo was sent to all Education Department employees informing them that DOE offices will be closed Tuesday evening through Wednesday due to "security reasons." Employees were instructed to leave the offices by 6 p.m. Tuesday.
President Donald Trump repeatedly has said he would like to see the states hold control over individual education systems, including campaigning on the issue ahead of the 2024 election.
Baron's recent story in The Atlantic detailed how President Donald Trump saw Washington Post as his top media enemy.( Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
"I want to close up Department of Education, move education back to the states. … Of the 50 (states), I would bet that 35 would do great. And 15 of them, or, you know, 20 of them, will be as good as Norway. You know, Norway is considered great," Trump said in August 2024, while noting left-wing states such as California could struggle if he does eliminate the Department of Education.
The expected "reduction in force" notices come after reports spread in recent days that Trump was readying to sign an executive order to abolish the federal agency.
Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, arrives for a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press)
Newly minted Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sent a letter to all staff on her first day on the job earlier in March that she will lead a "momentous final mission" to send education back to the states.
"Our job is to respect the will of the American people and the President they elected, who has tasked us with accomplishing the elimination of bureaucratic bloat here at the Department of Education—a momentous final mission—quickly and responsibly," McMahon wrote to employees in the letter that was shared first with Fox News Digital.
The secretary said that the reconstruction of the department will "profoundly" impact staff, budgets and agency operations.
Fox News Digital's Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.
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About time this worthless agency got shit canned, not one metric in education has improved since it's creation.
DoE manages FAFSA and student loans. So since we’re shutting it all down, I guess those loans don’t need to be paid back anymore.