When America’s classrooms opened their doors this fall, few could have imagined that the very agency meant to safeguard them would soon grind to a halt. But as the government shutdown stretches into its third week, the US Department of Education stands eerily still, its offices dimmed, its staff reduced to a skeleton crew, and its authority quietly slipping away.For Education Secretary Linda McMahon, the paralysis is not a it is a test run for the future she envisions. “Two weeks in, millions of American students are still going to school, teachers are getting paid, and schools are operating as normal,” McMahon wrote in a recent social media post, a declaration that landed like both...
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