McMahon is a professional wrestling business magnate and co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team. She has limited experience working with K-12 public schools.

The co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment also briefly served on the Connecticut State Board of Education.

Linda McMahon is known for her many years in the wrestling world. Though her education experience is more limited than previous secretaries, she has embraced both conservative and bipartisan ideas.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had chosen Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., to be his nominee for secretary of the Department of Education.

Linda McMahon, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Education, is accused in a Baltimore County civil complaint of fostering a culture of abuse within the WWE.

President-elect’s nomination of McMahon aims to transform U.S. education landscape. Here's what we know about McMahon.

Linda and her husband, WWE co-founder Vince McMahon, are being sued by five John Does accusing their former employer of sexual abuse

McMahon supports expanding federal Pell grant eligibility beyond college students to those in workforce training programs, like software coding bootcamps.

A lawsuit filed in October has accused Linda McMahon, former WWE CEO and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, of overlooking allegations of child sexual abuse involving a former WWE announcer.