Republicans have spent decades promising to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Usually, the threat has been more symbolic than serious. Its been a reliable applause line in conservative politics, rarely followed by serious structural change.
The Trump administration, however, has moved beyond slogans. It has not offered a blueprint for reorganizing federal education policybeyond returning the K12 parts to the states.
But through a series of interagency agreements, it has begun shifting education programs to other agencies of the federal government.
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