Kirk Cameron, Christian parents float replacing Department of Education as Trump mulls Cabinet pick

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - As Kirk Cameron and respective of his Christian friends helped premiere his caller children's amusement past week, they besides weighed successful connected who they deliberation President-elect Donald Trump should prime to pb the Department of Education, deeming it an important prime for parents and children alike, oregon whether it should adjacent exist.

Some of the celebrated figures walking the greenish carpet astatine the premiere of the Christian-themed "The Adventures of Iggy and Mr. Kirk" past Thursday agreed that the 2024 predetermination was a referendum connected the "wokeness" parents were seeing successful the media, entertainment, and schools. They wanted to spot much alteration travel to the Department of Education erstwhile Trump takes the helm. 

Without naming idiosyncratic circumstantial for the post, Cameron said helium hopes the caller medication volition enactment parents backmost successful the driver's seat.

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Kirk Cameron said the 2nd yearly "See You astatine the Library" nationalist lawsuit had a larger turnout this year. (Brave Books)

"That's a precise breathtaking and precise important position," Cameron told Fox News Digital astatine Thursday's premiere. "I'm not definite who the caput volition be, but I'm fascinated and funny successful the thought of getting escaped of the Department of Education altogether and what we mightiness beryllium capable to ideate to regenerate it. Like possibly putting parents backmost successful complaint of their children's acquisition and doing immoderate of the things that we did astatine the opening of this state that led to its prosperity and its blessing."

Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker, known for her roles connected "Charmed" and "Will & Grace," knew precisely who she wanted successful the apical acquisition role. She picked Dr. Carol Swain, a blimpish ineligible student and retired prof of governmental subject and instrumentality astatine Vanderbilt University.

"Dr. Carol Swain is who I would emotion to see," Baker told Fox Digital. "She's a superb pistillate and has influenced our acquisition strategy successful lone a affirmative way. I deliberation Dr. Carol Swain - if you're proceeding me, Trump - prime her. She's amazing."

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"It is an important role. I'm not informed capable to truly talk connected it," Brave Books laminitis Trent Talbot told Fox News Digital. "I cognize determination are a batch of large candidates that person done immoderate large work. I decidedly privation to spot schoolhouse prime being emphasized, and I deliberation it will."

Trump has signaled his intentions of giving acquisition powerfulness backmost to the states erstwhile successful office, a determination which whitethorn necessitate legislature approval.

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"One happening I’ll beryllium doing precise aboriginal successful the medication is closing up the Department of Education successful Washington, D.C., and sending each acquisition and acquisition enactment it needs backmost to the states," helium said connected the run trail.

"Duck Dynasty" stars Jep and Jessica Robertson said that the result of the 2024 predetermination showed that determination are like-minded radical similar them who conscionable privation to genitor their kids, not the government.

"I deliberation radical spot that we privation to genitor our kids," Jep told Fox News Digital. "There's much bully radical retired determination than bad."

One parent successful Virginia said she expects the caller medication to tamp down the progressive policies galore schools person adopted, with a renewed accent connected learning the basics.

"As the parent of 3 young children, I could not beryllium much relieved and optimistic that we volition soon person an medication focused connected ensuring the champion acquisition for children," Elizabeth McCauley, co-founder of the Virginia Mavens, told Fox News Digital. "Starting with focusing archetypal connected literacy versus woke indoctrination, past connected meritocracy which is the bedrock of the occurrence of our fantastic country, versus equity which destroys advancement and success."

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"Then connected schoolhouse information for girls successful the restrooms, locker rooms and connected the playing fields, and finally, an medication that has championed schoolhouse prime truthful that nary kid is astatine a disadvantage owed to his/her zip code, truthful astir importantly, each genitor tin marque the champion prime for his oregon her kid arsenic to wherever he/she should spell to school," she continued. "Instead of distracting our children with woke nonsense pushed by the Teachers Unions arsenic good arsenic peculiar involvement groups, this medication volition marque our nationalist acquisition strategy competitive again connected a planetary standard to supply our children with the best!" 

Education advocator Corey DeAngelis pitched himself for the relation successful a pointed station connected X.

"Trump said he'd enactment a libertarian successful the cabinet,"  DeAngelis wrote. "He besides said he'd abolish the Department of Education. He tin cheque some of those boxes astatine the aforesaid clip if helium hires me. I'd unopen it down and past occurrence myself."

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Other names that person been floated are Trump's erstwhile Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who said she is unfastened to the imaginable of returning to her erstwhile post. DeVos resigned from the Trump medication soon aft the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

"I person been truly wide astir what I deliberation needs to beryllium the agenda, which is to get the national taxation recognition passed and to de-power the Department of Education. If President-elect Trump wanted to speech to me, I would beryllium precise unfastened to talking," DeVos told Education Week newspaper past week. 

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos served successful President-elect Donald Trump's archetypal Cabinet and said she'd beryllium unfastened to talking with him again.  ((Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images))

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Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice has besides been talked astir arsenic a imaginable prime for Trump's education secretary. She minced nary words erstwhile discussing what she'd bash with the department.

"Ultimately, I judge the Department of Education should beryllium unopen down," Justice said Monday connected "Fox & Friends First." "Since it was created, we person lone seen plummeting accomplishment scores, teachers unions having much power connected our kids' acquisition and much planetary interference successful our kids' education. It's nary coincidence that kids successful Kenya are learning the aforesaid benignant of broad enactment acquisition program that they are successful New Jersey, truthful we perfectly request to halt the discarded astatine the national Department of Education and enactment parents backmost successful the driver's seat."

Fox News Digital's Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.