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The WWE vs. the American education system

The WWE vs. the American education system

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President Trump is calling for the end of the U.S. Department of
Education, but so have other Republicans since the day it was
formed in 1979. So why do Republicans hate it enough to lambast it,
but love it enough to keep it around?

Brittany is joined by NPR's education correspondent Cory Turner and
author Josephine Riesman to talk about Trump's pick for education
secretary, former WWE CEO Linda McMahon. And how Trump and McMahon
are using the WWE playbook to reshape the American public education
system.

For more on this topic check out Cory's latest piece for NPR,
Republicans' love/hate relationship with the Education Department,
and Josie's investigation into the WWE, Ringmaster: Vince McMahon
and the Unmaking of America.

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