US education secretary McMahon visits Arkansas schools; elementary parents protest

U.S. Sec. of Education Linda McMahon (left), Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (center) and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (right), at a roundtable discussion at Don R. Roberts Elementary in Little Rock on Aug. 12, 2025. (Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon toured two Arkansas schools Tuesday as part of McMahon’s “Returning Education to the States” tour.

They were joined by Arkansas junior U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and state Education Secretary Jacob Oliva on tours of Little Rock’s Don R. Roberts Elementary School and Saline County Career and Technical Campus in Benton…

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