Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election has given new life to longstanding Republican calls to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. On the campaign trail and in his ...

One of President Donald Trump’s biggest targets in his second term has been the Education Department, a federal agency established in 1979 that oversees the enforcement of federal law in schools. He’s ...

On March 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education. "My administration will take all lawful steps to shut down the department. We ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 20, 2025, aimed at shutting down the Department of Education. While he cannot fully abolish the agency without an act of Congress, he can ...