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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

· By Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.

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