Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order, perhaps as early as today, that will abolish the Department of Education.
The Federal News Network reported that in a draft of a memo, “The department is preparing to notify its employees that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order, entitled, ‘Eliminating the Department of Education.’” Education Department staff are working to prepare for the agency’s dismantling, including reassigning its functions to other agencies.
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The Department of Education was created in 1980 as a government efficiency effort. Education programs were spread throughout the federal government, touching almost every department and many agencies. It was thought that bringing all the education programs together under one roof would save money.
Today, the Department of Education has
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