What Happens if the Department of Education Is Abolished? What We Know

What's next for federal education funding after Trump cuts

President Trump is starting to enact his pledge to close the Department of Education. Liam Knox, a reporter for Insider Higher Ed, joins to discuss.

Education department slashed in half after Trump administration mass firings

More than 1,300 dismissals seem first step toward quashing US agency entirely as education secretary touts ‘efficiency’The Trump administration has decimated the US Department of Education, firing more than 1,300 employees in a single day in what looks to be the first step toward abolishing the agency entirely.The mass dismissal – delivered by email after most staff had left for the day on Tuesday – has slashed the department’s workforce by half…

Trump is dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what it does

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to "put herself out of a job."

Trump is dismantling the Department of Education. What does it mean for student loans?

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job.” Since Trump took office, staffing at the Education Department has been cut in half, and he has been mulling an executive order to close the agency. More than 1,300 career employees were cut, the Department of Education announced Tuesday in a press...

The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities

How could NC schools be impacted by a shutdown of the US Dept. of Education? What we know