President-elect Donald Trump has named Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education, aligning with his campaign promise to dismantle the department and return control to the states.”I’m going to close the Department of Education and move education back to the states,” Trump said.Trump announced his nomination of McMahon, a former small business administrator and wrestling executive, to spearhead this effort.”You could say, well, let’s pass a law that eliminates the Department of Education and all the programs it administers,” said Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute.”If you don’t eliminate the programs, then you’ve got to put them somewhere,” McCluskey added.Currently, the Department of Education manages the federal student loan portfolio for over 40 million borrowers and provides financial aid.”For example, the federal government administers the Pell Grant and helps lots and lots of kids around the country get to college who couldn’t otherwise afford it,” said Rebecca Winthrop of …