Why ‘Education Experience’ Makes An Education Secretary Worse
President Trump’s education secretary nominee Linda McMahon began her confirmation hearings the morning of Feb. 13. One of the chief attacks against her is bemoaning “a thin resume on education,” as industry lobbying outfit Education Week puts it.
“McMahon’s background in education is limited. She served for about one year on Connecticut’s State Board of Education,” says government-funded mouthpiece NPR. The government-funded New York Times notes “critics” highlighting “a relative lack of experience in education.”
“Unlike President Joe Biden’s education secretary, McMahon has little experience working in schools,” USA Today bleats. Formerly government-funded Politico says she “has minimal education experience.” . . .
Homeschool parents are better teachers than the average person with a teaching degree. Now, it shouldn’t make any sense that people with zero experience or preparation for a field significantly outperform people with experience and preparation. That is not true of just about any endeavor — except education.
Almost everywhere, homeschool parents need no college or even high school degree. They need to take no classroom management or even parenting classes. They need to demonstrate no knowledge whatsoever. Despite this, the children educated by homeschool parents constantly outperform the children educated by state-certified teachers — and on just about every measure, not just academically. (Read more from “Why ‘Education Experience’ Makes An Education Secretary Worse” HERE)
