US Education Secretary McMahon pushes vocational track for elementary students

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon called for elementary school students to be put on a "pathway" toward trades such as plumbing. The Trump administration has been pushing apprenticeships and vocational training while simultaneously cutting billions in education and research funding. Critics have pointed to the contradiction between promoting trade education and slashing the budgets that would support it.

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