McMahon Outlines Her ‘Final Mission’ for the Department
Susan H. Greenberg
March 5, 2025
Shortly after being sworn in as education secretary Monday, Linda McMahon issued a memo outlining the Education Department’s “final mission.”
Though she never directly mentions abolishing or dismantling the department, she makes clear that she intends to follow the instruction President Trump issued when he nominated her: that she “put herself out of a job.”
“Our job is to respect the will of the American people and the President they elected, who has tasked us with accomplishing the elimination of bureaucratic bloat here at the Department of Education—a momentous final mission—quickly and responsibly,” she writes.
