She told "CBS Mornings Plus" that this approach is meant to focus on highlighting resources states can provide to students, in lieu of those traditionally provided by the Department of Education.
TRANSLATION: "The evangelical rethug states hate it when they are forced to stop their bigotry and ignorance, so we want to remove any kind of federal oversight so that they can program their children without interruption."
And that's why it's imperative that education be returned to the states because when states are creative and innovative, you will see the kind of progress that you've seen here in Louisiana."
TRANSLATION: "You guys ranked dead last in education, and we here at the regime love that!"
In her tour, the secretary is highlighting Louisiana because it is the only state in the country that has shown an improvement in elementary literacy since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a review of fourth graders' standardized testing scores by The Nation's Report Card.
TRANSLATION: "When one is at the bottom, the only way to go is up. Since that has happened on a very tiny scale, we plan to use it as the sole reason for our position."
"I think that is the least worry that anyone should have because Congress appropriates that money and it flows through whichever agency will be distributing it. So that money flowed from 1965 before there was a Department of Education, and it will continue to flow,' McMahon said.
TRANSLATION: "That's next, because who cares about faulty humans?"
It's unclear which agency would become responsible for distributing special education grants if the Department of Education is disbanded. Currently, the department provides special education grants that supplement state funding for the more than 7.5 million students with disabilities.
TRANSLATION: "None of them will! We ned that for our next as cut!"
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