Looking out over a crowd of elementary students in Harrisburg, Education Secretary Linda McMahon proclaimed America has “the greatest students on earth.”

“America, and remember this always, is the greatest nation on earth, and it’s such a privilege to each of us to be born here and to grow up here in this wonderful country of ours,” McMahon said.

Speaking at Foose Elementary School, the first stop on her nationwide tour to promote civics education, McMahon defended her department’s downsizing efforts, which have included mass layoffs and the outsourcing of major functions, but said the Trump administration has no plans to fully dismantle the 45-year-old agency.

McMahon’s “History Rocks! Trail to Independence” tour, is billed as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of

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