Education Secretary Linda McMahon detailed how the Trump administration aims to improve the nation’s education, specifically so that curriculum control can return to local communities.

The recently confirmed secretary made her argument in response to statements from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who said she was “really angry” about the Trump administration’s plans to revise the Department of Education, including “taking opportunity” away from children. In response, McMahon argued that President Donald Trump is not taking education away from children but rather taking “the bureaucracy out of education” to allow states to receive more money for education.

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