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The Trump administration’s approach centers on slimming down and reforming the department. By removing 1,400 bureaucrats, the administration aims to redirect resources directly toward students, parents, and teachers at the local level. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon emphasized this vision, framing the dismantling as an effort to promote efficiency, accountability, and parental choice—returning power from federal bureaucrats back to local communities.
This move is part of a broader strategy to dismantle what critics view as a failed liberal educational establishment rooted in ideological training rather than academic achievement.