SALT LAKE CITY â Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Fox News Digital that the United States is due for a "reset" of public education after spending $3 trillion over decades while national reading scores have consistently declined."We've spent this $3 trillion that you referenced, and we've watched scores continue to come down.So we're doing something wrong.
We need to reset," McMahon said in an interview with Fox News Digital."We know that the president believes, as do I, that the best education is the one that's closest to the child with parental involvement," McMahon added."Our goal is to make sure that we move administrative programs that focus more on adults out of Washington, D.C., so that we can get all of those dollars back into education in the states."TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS âHARD RESETâ FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS, VOWS TO PUT PARENTS âBACK IN CHARGEâThe Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Fox News Digital that the U.S.
is due for a "reset" of public education after spending $3 trillion while literacy scores have consistently declined.(U.S.
Department of Education / Flickr)McMahon visited Utah on Tuesday to highlight the Trump administrationâs progress in reforming K-12 education.Delivering a speech titled "The Next 250: K-12 Education," the secretary emphasized returning education authority to the states, investing in proven academic interventions, and expanding school choice for families."In every decision we make, we are not asking whatâs better for growing government power, ideological agendas, or bureaucratsâ careers.
We are returning education to its most basic obligation: to nurture the God-given potential of our children," McMahon told a crowd of students, parents, and teachers at American Preparatory Academy in West Valley City.The Utah event marked the 47th stop on the departmentâs 50-state tour aimed at decentralizing federal education authority.According to Department of Educati...