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June 25, 2026
Protecting Students, Not Bureaucrats
Before President Trump took office, the conventional wisdom amongst policy wonks was that his promise to dismantle the Department was hollow, that there was nothing that could be done without 60 votes in the Senate. But through the thoughtful and creative use of inter-agency agreements, Secretary McMahon has shifted the administration of most statutorily mandated functions to agencies better equipped to handle them.
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June 18, 2026
Every Family Already Has a School Choice Tool. Most Aren’t Using It.
For most of its history, school choice meant exactly that: a choice of schools. One building or another. Usually, the assigned public school or the nearest private one. The argument was about where a child sat from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. That argument is over. A larger one has taken its place. The question now is not where a child learns, but how.
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June 17, 2026
Every State’s Untapped Advantage: ESSA Waivers and Ed-Flex
Secretary McMahon and her team have made considerable progress on one of President Trump’s key campaign promises - reorganizing and dismantling the Department of Education. Before President Trump took office, the conventional wisdom was that there was nothing that could be done to fulfill his campaign promise short of an act of Congress. But by using The Economy Act’s Interagency agreements, the Administration has managed to shift functions to departments better able to execute them.
Issue Brief
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June 17, 2026
Taking Education Back from D.C.: Waiving Federal Control
Abolishing the Department of Education (ED) has been a campaign promise for Republican presidential candidates since Ronald Reagan ran in 1980, when ED was only a year old (Hess, 2023). When President Trump campaigned on this promise in 2024, experts doubted whether he could muster the political support to deliver on it (Lobosco, 2024).
Statement
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June 16, 2026
AFPI Commends New Education Department Partnerships to Protect Students & Return Education to the States
Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Erika Donalds, Chair of Education Opportunity, on the U.S. Department of Education's announcement of new partnerships with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Truth Be Told: Why America’s Best Days Are Ahead with Secretary Linda McMahon
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How Mississippi Beat the Odds: Gov. Tate Reeves on Literacy Reform and the School Choice Revolution
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Secretary McMahon, AFPI, TPUSA, & Partners Launch New Civics Coalition
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America First Roundtable: Breaking the Education Cartel
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AFPI Files Title IX Lawsuit to Protect Oregon Girls’ Rights
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America First Unfiltered: Criminals Deported, AI in Classrooms, & DEI Dismantled
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Detransition Awareness Day
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AFPI Celebrates National School Choice Week
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AFPI Welcomes Erika Donalds as Chair of the Center for Education Opportunity and Chair of the AFPI-Florida State Chapter
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Riley Gaines Joins America First’s Athletes Coalition as Vice Chair
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National School Choice Week 2024: The Education Freedom Revolution
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