A controversial push to restructure the Education Department under the Trump administration has faced significant hurdles, raising concerns that these setbacks could weaken broader efforts to overhaul the agency. Early missteps in the process—including resistance from key stakeholders—have complicated plans to reshape federal education programs. Critics argue that delays and internal divisions may undermine the administration’s long-term goals, leaving the department’s future uncertain. The situation highlights tensions between executive ambitions and bureaucratic realities in one of Washington’s most politically sensitive agencies.
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 ...
