Rep. Sewell pans President Trump’s attempt to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education

A signature of US President Trump and the end of the Ministry of Education is sealed? Not yet - but in research his policy endangers the work of years.

Students launch “Study-in” at Dept of Education, protesting Trump’s plan to abolish the Department

At 10am, Students and allies kicked off a “study-in” at the Department of Education to protest Trump and order yesterday calling for the abolition of the Department. Students sat at desks with homework and books to draw attention to how ending the Department of Education will hurt students. They urged Members of Congress in both parties to block Trump’s attempts to cut the Department. “Trump and Musk want to defund public schools so they can giv…

Rep. Sewell pans President Trump’s attempt to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education

"Trump and Musk want to steal from America’s most vulnerable children to fund their tax cuts for the wealthy," Sewell said.

“We're going to eliminate it,” the president said shortly before signing the document at the White House. “We are going to close it and we are going to close it as quickly as possible,” Trump added.In a White House lounge partially converted into a classroom, surrounded by children sitting in banks, the American president abolished the institution created in 1979, whose role in the United States is relatively limited.According to the decree, Sec…

It is now up to Congress to take the necessary legislative measures for the definitive dismantling of this federal ministry.

What's next for the Department of Education after Trump begins effort to eliminate it

President Trump made good on a pledge by signing an order to dismantle the Department of Education. The department has been a target since it was created more than four decades ago. But President Trump and other Republicans want to go all the way this time, calling the department wasteful and arguing it fails too many students. Geoff Bennett reports.