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Linda McMahon Offers Few New Specifics on Ed. Dept. Budget Cuts
The Education Department wants to cut billions in spending but has offered few specifics on funding streams it wants to ...
Judge blocks Trump layoffs, order to close Education Department
A district judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order calling for the closure of the Department of Education ...
Education secretary defends 15.3% agency budget cut in 'final mission'
Education Secretary Linda McMahon, testifying before a House subcommittee on Wednesday, defended a 15.3% leaner budget from last year as part of the department's "final mission." ...
McMahon investigates Fairfax County admissions policy that ‘dashed’ dreams of Asian students
The announcement of McMahon's investigation came the day after Virginia's attorney general found Thomas Jefferson High School guilty of discriminating against Asian students.
Education Department opens investigation of admissions at selective Virginia high school
The Education Department said Thursday it is opening a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in ...
Jewish Insider1d
House Democrats press McMahon to preserve Office of Civil Rights amid cuts
At a congressional hearing, Education Secretary Linda McMahon assured lawmakers that, though the size of the office is being ...
Education secretary speaks of goal to shrink bureaucracy, save tax dollars
(The Center Square) – At a budget hearing Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the Department of ...
New Haven Independent1d
DeLauro To Ed Secretary: Stop Stealing Congressionally Appropriated
Rep. Rosa DeLauro used a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday to accuse Education Secretary Linda McMahon of “deliberately ...