
Trump to Sign Order to Abolish Education Dept, Calls It Full of ‘Radicals and Zealots’
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to abolish the Department of Education, following through on his campaign..
The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government, originating in 1980. The department began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into law on October 17, 1979. An earlier iteration was formed in 1867 but was quickly demoted to the Office of Education a year later.
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to abolish the Department of Education, following through on his campaign..
President Donald Trump called the Department of Education a "con job," criticizing its ranking of 40th in global education while..