Trump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle US Education Department
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education, fulfilling a campaign pledge and advancing a long-standing goal of many conservatives. The president criticized the agency for its "breath-taking failures" and pledged to return the federal funding it controls to individual states.Trump expressed intentions to shut down the department as quickly as possible, but White House officials acknowledged that doing so would require an act of Congress. The move has already sparked legal challenges from opponents who seek to block the agency's closure and the accompanying staff cuts, which were announced last week.The Department of Education, established in 1979, manages student loans and oversees programs supporting low-income students. Despite the perception that the federal government runs U.S. schools, most school funding and curriculum decisions are made at the state and local levels. Federal […]