BOZEMAN — On Friday, pre-kindergarten classes at Morning Star School in Bozeman went through their normal morning routines, but they had some high-profile guests: Gov. Greg Gianforte and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

McMahon plans to visit all 50 U.S. states as part of a “Returning Education to the States” tour. It comes as President Donald Trump has set a goal of closing the Department of Education – shifting some of its functions to other federal departments and passing more decisions on funding and policy to the state level.

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Gianforte and U.S. education secretary tour Bozeman elementary school

Montana is the 19th state that McMahon has visited during the tour.

“I want to see how best practices all across the country are, and to be able to take tho

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