The Education Department gave another agency power to distribute its money. It hasn't gone well.

Early in the Trump administration, an attempt to reorganize the Education Department encountered setbacks, potentially weakening the president’s broader agenda to overhaul the agency. The Labor Department’s involvement is noted, but details remain sparse. The article examines how these initial missteps could influence the administration’s larger strategy for reshaping 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 ...