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November 19, 2025

Trump Administration Takes Steps to Dismantle the Department of Education
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The Trump administration has taken more steps to dismantle the
Department of Education by shifting several key programs to other
federal agencies. In one move, the Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education will be transferred to the Labor Department. Becky Pringle,
the president of the National Education Association, criticized the
moves. She said, "Donald Trump and his administration chose American
Education Week, a time when our nation is celebrating students, public
schools, and educators, to announce their illegal plan to further
abandon students by dismantling the Department of Education."


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