Republicans praise her business acumen and say she’s a good pick to change the course of American education. Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the health and education committee, met with McMahon in January and said she’s “prepared to return power to parents and reform an Education Department that has lost the plot.”

Here are key takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Linda McMahon, Trump's nominee for education secretary.

Linda McMahon sketched out how key functions of the Education Department could be carved up to achieve President Trump's goal of dismantling it.