Marjorie Taylor Greene on Education

Marjorie Taylor Greene's stance on education centers on shifting control and federal funding away from traditional public school systems and toward parents, emphasizing school choice and the reopening of physical schools. A key legislative action reflecting this view was the introduction of an amendment, alongside a colleague, designed to allow federal education dollars to follow the eligible child to their school of choice, whether public, private, or homeschool. She has been vocal in criticizing government-run school systems, especially during pandemic-related closures, arguing that teachers' unions and bureaucracy prioritize self-interest over student development and that schools refusing to reopen should lose federal funding.

Her engagement with the education sphere has also been marked by controversy, notably concerning her past social media activity where she questioned the legitimacy of school shootings. This history led to the U.S. House of Representatives voting to remove her from the House Education Committee early in her first term. Later, she embraced a strategy of leveraging the executive power she observed in the prior administration's education department, suggesting that the Secretary of Education wields significant power over student loan forgiveness and the ability to challenge Congressional oversight, indicating a shift toward utilizing federal administrative power to advance her ideological goals within the department.