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During a roundtable, McMahon advocated for returning education policymaking to state and local leaders.
The secretary's tour also included stops at Hillsdale College and a Detroit public high school.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon stopped by a Detroit charter school as she zipped through Michigan on Monday, promising a hands-off approach to education from her administration in a roundtable filled mostly with Republican lawmakers and charter school officials.
McMahon's visit to Pembroke Academy on the west side of the city comes during an anxious moment for Michigan's public schools. The state budget that school leaders expected to be set by the beginning of July is still up in the air and it's unclear whether lawmakers will agree on a budget deal before