UPDATE: The Senate education committee voted to advance her nomination, which must now be voted on by the whole chamber. Linda McMahon said she stands firmly behind President Donald Trump’s calls to gut the U.S. Department of Education at her confirmation hearing to lead the department. This story was produced by Chalkbeat and reprinted with […] The post Education nominee McMahon says she supports calls to dismantle the agency but that funding wouldn’t be affected appeared first on The Hechinger Report.