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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon weighed in on the recommendation of former University of Alabama President Stuart Bell to take the helm of the University of Florida starting a chain reaction of responses from U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and the university itself.
A planned visit to Murphy High School from the United States Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon and Bruce Pearl, had to be canceled due security concerns after students worked with the group Indivisable to plan a protest.
While President Donald Trump has deployed every means possible to diminish and shrink the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore has now taken the first step toward gaining the congressional support needed to totally and completely abolish the agency.
Some Republicans in the Alabama Congressional delegation applauded President Donald Trump’s executive order on Thursday that begins the process of shutting down the federal Department of Education.
State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) recently voiced support for the proposed cuts and possible disassembly of the U.S. Department of Education touted by President Donald Trump.
The University of Alabama was recently named among 52 universities currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for alleged “impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation” and other violations of civil rights laws.
Alabama State Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey was cautiously optimistic on Thursday morning after the state could not withdraw nearly $9 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday.
The federal Department of Education halted all funds to Alabama Wednesday. Officials have a strategy to eliminate federal bureaucracy and send the money directly to the state.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) applauded U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon for terminating almost half of its employees this week, calling it a "good start."
President Trump says he will abolish the U.S. Department of Education. What will Alabama do in response?