Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. Here’s what that could mean
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On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has pointed to the Department of Education as a symbol of federal overreach into the everyday lives of American families.
On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has pointed to the Department of Education as a symbol of federal overreach into the everyday lives of American families. Trump has said on several occasions that he will shut down the agency if he returns to the White House. “I say it all the time, I’m dying to get back to do this. We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education,” he said earlier this month during a rally in Wisconsin. “We will drain the government education swamp and stop the abuse of your taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth with all sorts of things that you don’t want to have our youth hearing,” Trump said. Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the 2024 election, has criticized the former president over the idea. “We are not going to let him eliminate the Department of Education that funds our public schools,” Harris said in August during her speech at the Democratic National Convention.
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