A controversial push to restructure the Education Department under the Trump administration has faced significant setbacks, raising questions about the viability of broader plans to overhaul the agency. Early efforts to reorganize its regulatory responsibilities have encountered resistance, potentially weakening the momentum behind more sweeping proposals. Officials are now weighing whether these challenges will derail the administration’s ambitions to reshape federal education oversight. The outcome could have lasting implications for how the department operates and its role in shaping education policy.
The stumbles of an early Trump administration experiment to carve up the Education Department risks undercutting the president’s more dramatic demolition plan for the agency. The Labor Department ...
