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Music recent episode about executive compensation. Among the federal agencies, the Trump administration is taking aim at is the Department

of Education.

President Trump recently told reporters that he wants Linda McMahon,

his pick to lead the department, to basically eliminate the department and consequently her position.

What I want to do is let the states run schools. I believe strongly in school choice,

but in addition to that, I want the states to run schools, and I want Linda to put herself out of a job.

Already, the White House has cut almost $900 million worth of education contracts, and many of

the department workers, whom Trump is called radicals, zealots, and Marxists, have been laid off

as part of the administration's crackdown on federal employees.

Trump appears to be following the recommendations of what's known as Project 2025,

a conservative government policy blueprint that was written by the Heritage Foundation.

The author of Project 2025's chapter on education is Lindsay Burke, the director of the Center for

Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. In June of 2023, she talked about her work on the podcast,

Brian's Breakdown, which was produced by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. This is what she

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