A controversial push to restructure the Education Department under the Trump administration has faced significant setbacks, raising questions about the viability of broader reforms. Early efforts to reshape the agency’s operations have encountered resistance, potentially weakening plans for more sweeping changes. Officials now grapple with whether the experiment can recover momentum or if it will stall entirely. The outcome could have lasting implications for federal 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 ...