Archival poster: Education Secretary Linda McMahon alongside President Donald Trump at the Back to School and Education Freedom event, White House Rose Garden, August 24, 2026. Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. This is not the November remarks.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon put it plainly on Sunday: “I think Donald Trump could really go down in history as the most pro-education choice president ever.” In an official video posted Nov. 8, McMahon said parents and local education leaders want the fight for education freedom to continue.
The charge came straight from the President. “President Trump tasked Secretary Linda McMahon to do something historic,” said the Discovery Institute’s Keri D. Ingraham, who hosted the conversation — and the progress over the last nine months has been “absolutely incredible.” The goal: downsize and right-size the Department, return education to the states, and bring it closer to moms and dads.
McMahon dismantled the teachers-union scare talk. The teachers unions and everyone “was saying, oh, Donald Trump wants to shut down education. Well, clearly he’s not looking to shut down education. He’s looking to improve education by returning [it to] the states, by having parents involved.” Asked by a senator why she was doing it, she answered: “What we’ve been doing for the last 46 years has failed our students. You can’t legislate from the top down.”
That is the America First education agenda: states accountable, parents in the room, and students — not bureaucracies — at the center. From the first nationwide Education Freedom Tax Credit to sending power home to the states, President Trump is keeping his promise to America’s families.
“What we’re doing is continuing the President’s vision,” McMahon said. “I think we’re off to a good start.” Patriots agree — the Golden Age of American education is just getting started.
