The progressive education machine is collapsing. We should let it fall

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Education Secretary Linda McMahon joins ‘Saturday in America' to discuss the National Education Association’s focus on impeaching President Donald Trump instead of addressing widespread student failures in reading and math. The American education establishment is currently having a collective meltdown. If you watch the headlines closely, you can see the panic setting in across the country. This is the unmistakable sound of a broken progressive machine collapsing under the weight of its own arrogance. The radical left has engineered our educational system to prioritize ideological compliance over human formation. Reality is finally catching up with them, and the collapse is starting where the crusade began. The war on merit. A few years ago, the "prestigious" University of California system proudly eliminated standardized testing. They sacrificed the