WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the , advancing a to take apart that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.
dismantling of the U.S. Education Departmentcampaign promisean agencyTrump has derided the as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. Republicans said they will introduce a bill to achieve that.
Education DepartmentThe department, however, is not set to close completely. The White House said the department will retain certain critical functions.
