US education returned to states?

Chalkbeat Ideas is a new section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. Sign up for the Ideas newsletter to follow our work.President Donald Trump and his Education Secretary Linda McMahon have made returning education to the states — including closing the Education Department — the centerpiece of their education agenda.What does that actually look like? To find out, Chalkbeat ideas editor Matt Barnum will be in conversation with two state education leaders: Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green and Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner.RSVP to join us on June 11. We’ll discuss how they see the convulsive changes at the federal level affecting schools in their states. Does it matter if education programs are run out of the Department of Labor? Should parents and teachers be concerned about cuts to federal programs? What will happen to testing and accountability? How has civil rights enforcement changed? What new o