Federal push to break up US Department of Education raises questions among school leaders, policymakers

Federal push to break up US Department of Education raises questions among school leaders, policymakers

This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced agreements to shift a number of functions within the department to four other federal agencies. In a statement on the Department of Education’s website, the move was described as a way to “break up the federal education bureaucracy” and “ensure efficient delivery of funded programs,” while fulfilling President Donald Trump’s “promise to return education to the states.” That announcement had e…