Department of Education significantly dismantled in new Trump executive order
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A White House fact sheet on the executive order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to move to overhaul the Department of Education.
"Everybody knows it's right, and we have to get our children educated," Trump said Thursday. "We're not doing well with the world of education in this country, and we haven't for a long time." Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
As a result, a White House fact sheet on the executive order said, the directive aims to "turn over education to families instead of bureaucracies," and instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure the Department of Education and return education authority to the States, while continuing to ensure the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely."
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A White House fact sheet on the executive order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to move to overhaul the Department of Education.
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