President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a powerful point of unity between the factions of his party.
President Donald Trump will not sign an executive order Thursday asking new Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dissolving the department, a White House official confirmed to NewsNation.
The education secretary says duties could be reassigned if the department is shuttered, but it would be a lengthy process.
The big picture here is that not all of it is essential. … So much of what the department does is not essential,” Jonathan Butcher says.
President Donald Trump is prepared to sign an executive order as soon as Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education, a longtime wish of the Republican Party.