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Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department​

Responsibilities for K-12 and college programs, among others, will be moved to other federal agencies.

🎁 —> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/...e_code=1.2U8.VNJf.VnwXk1yEd3iE&smid=url-share
“… Shifting duties away from the Education Department aligns with President Trump’s goal of eventually closing the agency, a move opposed by teachers’ unions and student rights groups and one that can only be accomplished with an act of Congress.

Less clear was how moving programs to other agencies aligned with Mr. Trump’s reason for closing the Education Department, which he has said was to give states more power in shaping school policies. A senior official at the Education Department said the changes would streamline bureaucracy and direct more money to the classroom.…”
 
“… Shifting duties away from the Education Department aligns with President Trump’s goal of eventually closing the agency, a move opposed by teachers’ unions and student rights groups and one that can only be accomplished with an act of Congress.

Less clear was how moving programs to other agencies aligned with Mr. Trump’s reason for closing the Education Department, which he has said was to give states more power in shaping school policies. A senior official at the Education Department said the changes would streamline bureaucracy and direct more money to the classroom.…”


 
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