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Do you think the US Education Department should be shut down?
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According to sources familiar with the matter, this directive will task Education Secretary Linda McMahon with initiating the necessary steps to close the department, asserting that federal control over learning has faltered.
The draft order, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, articulates a resolute stance: “The experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs and dollars — and the unaccountable bureaucrats those programs and dollars support — has failed our children, our teachers, and our families.”
Trump has considered the move since his transition following the November 2024 election victory.
McMahon, in an email to her staff following her Senate confirmation, indicated a commitment to “send education back to the states,” framing the potential closure as a historic opportunity to eradicate bureaucratic inefficiencies.
The Education Department was founded in 1979 when Jimmy Carter was president.
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