Trump wants to close the Education Department. It’s far easier said than done.

November 14, 2024

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to “close” the U.S. Department of Education if he regained the White House.

“We want federal education dollars to follow the student, rather than propping up a bloated and radical bureaucracy in Washington, D.C.,” he said in October. “We want to close the federal Department of Education.”