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Linda McMahon: “I think There are about 37 states now that have some form of…”

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Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75

Published October 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 49:31

The big beautiful bill gave us more money and established, you know, through eca, you know, the different ways now that school choice can flourish more in states. It's still a state initiative, and we're looking at, I think There are about 37 states now that have some form of school choice, but more states now. I think Iowa passed this year universal school choice. And so. And it took Governor Reynolds two, two terms to get that done. (49:31–49:39)

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“He showed me a ballot that had been mailed to him, and every Democrat box was checked, and at the top it said, only legal way to vote.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 08:18-08:30
“They took the title away from Leah Thomas and awarded it appropriately.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 34:07-34:12
“When only 30% of 8th graders can read proficiently, that means 70% cannot.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 54:28-54:35
“With almost 50 cents of every dollar that goes into a school is spent in regulatory compliance.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 59:29-59:37
“I ran for the US Senate in Connecticut. And I ran twice. I ran for the 9, 10 and then again for the 1112 races.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 01:16-01:22
“Both of the sitting senators at that time decided not to seek re-election. The first one was Kristad and the second one was Joe Lieberman.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 01:26-01:32
“I think I lost by 12 points both races.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 03:14-03:18
“We [have taken action against universities] like Columbia, like Brown, like UPenn.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 03:18-29:07
“We [are] not in any way limiting First Amendment rights.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 03:18-30:56
“During the time that I ran, I really elevated the Republican Party in the state and we really closed the gap in local representation.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 03:33-03:43
“Came very close to taking over the majority in the Senate, which was the state senate.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 03:43-03:51
“A lot of the town selectmen, which is like the mayor, and a lot of those offices are held by Republicans.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 04:59-05:09
“They will vote for Republicans to run their towns, to run school districts, et cetera.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 05:08-05:14
“When it comes to the federal voting, they just vote very heavily Democratic.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 05:13-05:18
“I don't have the numbers, you know, today, but I do think they continue to show that [by how they're voting locally].”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 06:54-06:59
“Rosa DeLauro, who has been up in the Hartford area, I forget which district, I think that's the fifth district.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 07:25-07:31
“Only legal way to vote. So they were actually told it was illegal to split votes like that.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 08:28-08:37
“That's been happening a while.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 08:56-08:58
“And he said, I'm making that a cabinet level position.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 11:14-11:19
“We co-signed on some loans for those [construction accounts] that went belly up, which eventually put us into bankruptcy.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 16:33-16:42
“My house was auctioned off, my car was repossessed in the driveway.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 16:56-17:01
“I was pregnant with Stephanie, our second child.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 17:00-17:04
“I spoke to [young conservative college students] earlier this week and I told the story.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 17:17-17:22
“I did a series at Sacred Heart University called Women can have It All.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 20:46-20:52
“Washington, D.C. is not that far from Connecticut.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 24:48-24:52
“I can be home on a plane in an hour.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 25:09-25:12
“I never missed an opening night for any of the school plays or that sort of thing. I missed one.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 25:41-25:47
“As a secretary, I have a security detail.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 27:54-27:57
“Our agreement that we came to with Columbia did in fact address those issues.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 30:43-30:51
“Schools should be returned to centers of learning and debate and discussion.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 31:03-31:09
“We've used hopefully the Columbia agreement as a template for other universities.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 32:03-32:09
“We got their attention big time. By stopping their funding.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 32:35-32:40
“If you are a university that receives federal funding, then you must abide by the laws of the United States.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 32:41-32:49
“We did that with Columbia. We also did that with Brown.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 33:50-33:57
“The University of Pennsylvania was really Title IX violation relative to Leah Thomas.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 33:56-34:03
“We've been able to make sure that the data being collected shows race and SAT and ACT scores.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 35:33-36:05
“Admissions are based on merit and not based on race.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 35:53-35:58
“Harvard is still outstanding [in negotiations].”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 36:53-36:55
“Harvard's response was a lawsuit, said that we were taking away their First Amendment rights.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 36:55-37:00
“They still have money that's being withheld, will continue to be withheld until that settlement is made.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 38:00-38:06
“Getting funding is not a right. It is a privilege for a university to be able to seek and compete for this funding.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 38:16-38:24
“Those universities right now that are not in compliance, they're awarding scholarships, et cetera.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 39:30-39:37
“The Supreme Court is actually going to determine if men are men and women are women or is there going to be some gender ideology.”
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“We do have a pretty active Office of Civil Rights, as does Department of Justice, as does hhs, as does even the Department of Agriculture.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 41:12-41:22
“We have sent let's call dear colleague letters to universities across the country.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 42:19-42:25
“We have notified...many colleges and universities now that we are investigating that, we will be looking at their methods and practices.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 42:26-42:35
“We have the ability to monitor. That's another part of these agreements.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 43:27-43:32
“Columbia has now agreements with the New York Police Department, and also their security officers on campus have arrest rights.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 43:55-44:05
“Merit is how our students are admitted and how we give our promotions to the teachers and the professionals.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 44:59-45:08
“The SNAP program, the school lunch program with Department of Agriculture. But we are all working.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 46:00-46:07
“As the Department of Education...is looking to return education to the states.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 46:32-46:38
“We have signed a memo of understanding with the Department of Labor.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 47:12-47:16
“We are taking some of our funding to fund the work at Labor.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 47:20-47:26
“We want to find those places where some of the programs that are in education today move to other agencies where they...fit, more efficient…”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 48:41-48:57
“The big beautiful bill gave us more money and established, you know, through eca, you know, the different ways now that school choice can…”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 49:14-49:28
“I think Iowa passed this year universal school choice.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 49:38-49:43
“It took Governor Reynolds two, two terms to get that done.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 49:44-49:51
“The president does not believe that any child should be trapped in a failing school, that they should have choice, their parents should have…”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 50:00-50:08
“Mississippi went from 50 to like 34th, and then now they're even higher.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 55:04-55:10
“The Department of Education does not establish curriculum. We don't hire teachers, we don't buy books, we don't do any of that.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 55:13-55:20
“In spite of the fact that we've spent all these trillions of dollars on education at the Department of Education, we've spent this much…”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 58:48-59:02
“Let's raise Teacher salaries, let's do all of these things and let teachers be creative and innovative in their classrooms.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 59:38-59:46
“Longevity seems to show that those people who are physically engaged not every time, but often live longer.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:01:16-1:01:25
“Kids in high school now can take courses from community college or if there is a four year college in their area that participates in these…”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:01:58-1:02:09
“Think of it is they're not paying for the course there because it is part of their public education system, but they have the credit when…”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:02:09-1:02:20
“Let's look at more certificate programs because you don't need four years for everything you're going to do.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:02:25-1:02:31
“It does take a congressional vote to close down a department.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:03:15-1:03:20
“Title 1 funding, the IDEA funding, which is for our students with special needs, that'll continue to flow.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:03:35-1:03:44
“That's been set up since, I think, 1965. That was in place before there was a Department of education in 1980.”
Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon | Sage Steele Show | EP 75 | Uploaded October 1, 2025 | 1:03:43-1:03:51