President Donald Trump pledged in the early days of his second term to shut down the US Department of Education as quickly as possible. Within months, significant action was taken toward that goal. The move has drawn attention to the broader implications of dismantling a federal agency responsible for overseeing education policy.


In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, he made a blunt promise about the US Department of Education: “We’re going to shut it down as quickly as possible.” In a matter of months, 40 ...