President Trump took dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a four-and-a-half-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 ...

“His directive to me, clearly, is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we’ll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished,” she said on Fox ...

An executive order issued on Thursday, March 20, directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dissolving the Jimmy Carter-era agency Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE.

On Thursday afternoon, the president did, in fact, sign an executive order designed to start the process of closing the department. NBC News reported: President Donald Trump signed an executive ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismant l ing the Education Department ... told NBC News on Wednesday.

Advocates pinpointed this power as a crucial reason for preserving the Education Department. "They are the watchdogs," Lindsay Latham, a mom and disability advocate, told NBC News. "They make sure ...

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US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the US Education Department, the White House reportedly said on Wednesday. According to the ...

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Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday intended to “eliminate” the Department of Education, effectively reducing the department to its most bare-bone functions. He did so at a ...

Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department ... Get local news you need to know ...

About two dozen people took part in a walk-in outside River City Middle School in Richmond on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Department of Education. The Trump ...