President Donald Trump is prepared to sign an executive order as soon as Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education, a longtime wish of the Republican Party. The order will direct newly confirmed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education,
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a powerful point of unity between the factions of his party.
The big picture here is that not all of it is essential. … So much of what the department does is not essential,” Jonathan Butcher says.
The education secretary says duties could be reassigned if the department is shuttered, but it would be a lengthy process.