<p>Secretary of Education Linda McMahon addressed federal funding and &#8220;education micromanagement&#8221; at a White House Press Briefing on Thursday.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not ending federal support for education,&#8221; McMahon said. &#8220;We&#8217;re ending education micromanagement. The Department of Education does not educate a single student.&#8221;</p>
<p>At Thursday&#8217;s press briefing, McMahon further clarified the misconception currently held by many Democratic lawmakers — including Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz — that President Trump plans to defund education. McMahon reiterated that the Trump administration is focused on ending the bureaucratic, non-educational agency that has failed to improve national reading or math scores for decades.</p>
<p>Walz had <a href="https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/1990913615117857010?utm_source=chatgpt.com">posted to X</a> on Tuesday, &#8220;Gutting the Department of Education and defunding our public schools threatens that promise for every child in the nation.&#8221;</p>
<p>McMahon initially responded to Walz with a <a href="https://x.com/EDSecMcMahon/status/1990964078689341579">post</a> of her own, writing, &#8220;The good news for you, Governor, is that federal funding for education CONTINUES to flow.&#8221;</p>
<p>Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also defended the administration&#8217;s plan to close the Department of Education, pointing out the recent furlough of 90% of the agency&#8217;s staff as proof that the department is unnecessary.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Department of Education furloughed 90% of its staff, and it did not affect schools whatsoever,&#8221; said Leavitt.</p>
<p>With only 10% of its staff still working, institutions from preschool to college remained fully open and all teachers received their paychecks, making &#8220;it painfully obvious that American families do not need a Department of Education.&#8221;</p>
<p>Education Secretary Linda McMahon joined Leavitt at the podium to reinforce the message.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Department of Education does not educate a single student,&#8221; said McMahon.</p>
<p>She rejected claims that Trump wants to &#8220;defund education,&#8221; clarifying that the administration&#8217;s goal is to return control of schools to the states — not eliminate education itself.</p>
<p>The Department of Education was established by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. McMahon argued that after decades of federal oversight, students have yet to see the benefits.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since the 1970s, math and reading scores are down in public schools,&#8221; said McMahon. &#8220;It&#8217;s clear throwing money at a broken system does not work.&#8221;</p>
<p>McMahon cited troubling statistics: Only 3 out of 10 students can read proficiently at the third-grade level, college students are collectively $1.7 trillion in debt, and about half of college graduates work in fields unrelated to their expensive degrees.</p>
<p>In an effort to reset American education, McMahon launched a 50-state tour to meet with students, teachers, parents, and community leaders to identify what&#8217;s working on the ground.</p>
<p>Her conclusion so far: &#8220;The best education comes from those closest to the student. Education is local, and it should be overseen locally.&#8221; She added that President Trump shares this view and campaigned on returning control of education to the states.</p>
<p>While McMahon is working to shrink the Department of Education, former President Joe Biden&#8217;s Education Secretary sought to expand it.</p>
<p>Biden&#8217;s Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona requested <a href="https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/about/overview/budget/budget25/summary/25summary.pdf">$82.4 billion</a> in discretionary funding for the Department of Education, reflecting a 4% increase from the previous year.</p>
<p>Unlike Cardona, McMahon did not request a budget increase. Instead, she focused on tightening the department&#8217;s operations, reporting earlier this year that the department uncovered nearly <a href="https://x.com/EDSecMcMahon/status/1927740692186427588">$90 million</a> in misused taxpayer dollars.</p>
<p>The Trump administration anticipates further savings from reducing redundancies by streamlining agency administration and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-plan-to-dismantle-education-dept-gains-momentum?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump%E2%80%99s+Plan+To+Dismantle+Education+Dept+Gains+Momentum">shifting crucial Department of Education responsibilities</a> to other federal agencies.</p>
<p>Ultimately, McMahon hopes that through this plan, &#8220;America&#8217;s next generation will look back on the work we&#8217;ve carried out [and be] thankful for an education system that prioritizes students over bureaucracy.&#8221;</p>

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