Teachers Union Lashes Out At ‘Unqualified’ Linda McMahon As Education Pick | EUROtoday

A strong academics union has stated Donald Trump “could not care less” about college students after selecting Linda McMahon for schooling secretary.

The skilled wrestling mogul, who led the Small Business Administration for 2 years throughout Trump’s first time period, shall be tasked with pushing by means of the president-elect’s hardline views of the Department of Education if she is confirmed.

In Trump’s thoughts, the division has been infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.” He has pledged to close it down.

McMahon, the billionaire co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and a detailed Trump ally, seems to have little expertise with U.S. public schooling. She served on the Connecticut Board of Education for a yr and has spent years on the board of trustees for the non-public Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.

In an announcement, National Education Association President Becky Pringle stated McMahon was “unqualified” for the position and likened her to Betsy DeVos, the controversial schooling secretary throughout Trump’s first presidency.

“By selecting Linda McMahon, Donald Trump is showing that he could not care less about our students’ futures,” the assertion reads. “Rather than working to strengthen public schools, expand learning opportunities for students, and support educators, McMahon’s only mission is to eliminate the Department of Education and take away taxpayer dollars from public schools, where 90% of students – and 95% of students with disabilities – learn, and give them to unaccountable and discriminatory private schools.”

The assertion concludes: “The Senate must stand up for our students and reject Donald Trump’s unqualified nominee, Linda McMahon. Our students and our nation deserve so much better than Betsy DeVos 2.0.”

McMahon, who’s married to wrestling impresario Vince McMahon, twice ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut.

She is the newest Trump Cabinet decide to boost eyebrows following Trump’s nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for legal professional basic and Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host, for protection.

Trump has vowed to chop off federal cash for faculties and faculties that push “critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content.”

Federal funding makes up solely round 14% of public college budgets, however faculties and universities are extra reliant on federal assist.

The Education Department additionally manages the $1.5 trillion federal pupil mortgage portfolio and performs a regulatory position in providers for college kids, together with for these with disabilities and low-income and homeless youngsters.