Education Dept. to leave headquarters, give building to Energy Department

"Trump Administration Takes Aim at Education Department: D.C. Headquarters Abandoned in Latest Move to Disband Agency. In a bold and contentious move, the Trump administration has made its most visible step yet in its efforts to dismantle the US Department of Education. By abandoning the agency's headquarters in Washington D.C., the administration is signaling its intention to significantly scale back the department's operations and potentially eliminate it altogether. This move is the latest in a series of efforts by the administration to reduce the federal government's role in education policy, sparking concerns among educators and advocates who argue that such a drastic change would have far-reaching consequences for students and schools across the country."

Abandoning the D.C. headquarters is the Trump administration’s latest and most visible move toward eliminating the Education Department altogether.