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U.S. Education Secretary visits Arkansas schools
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon toured a Little Rock elementary school and the Saline County Career & Technical Campus on Tuesday. She then held a roundtable discussion at both locations.
She was joined by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton.
The big picture: It was part of McMahon's " Returning Education to the States Tour." She was in Louisiana on Monday and will visit Tennessee later this week.
Driving the news: It's the first week of school for many Arkansas districts, which means it's the first semester the state's " Bell to Bell No Cell" Act will be in effect, and it's the first school year to start since President Trump signed an executive order to close the federal Department of Education.
What they're saying:"Most people look at this as tearing something down, but it's really about building a new system that functions and serves our students better," Sanders told Fox News of Trump's executive action.
"States are the laboratories … for the country, and so when they are trying things and experimenting with things and seeing whether or not they work, that's exactly what should be happening," McMahon said in the interview.
"There is no one-size-fits-all for education, and I think that schools and every district and every community need to have curriculum that services that community and is right for that area."
