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Report: Reform better than dissolution for the Department of Education

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(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy about his aversion to the U.S. Department of Education, but a report from the National Association of Scholars suggests that

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GZERO Explains: How did the US Department of Education become so controversial?

When was it established and why? US President Jimmy Carter created the department in 1979 as a Cabinet-level agency. It consolidated educational functions that were previously the responsibility of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services).The department had a broad mandate, overseeing elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, vocational training, special education, and civil rig…

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Report: Reform better than dissolution for the Department of Education

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy about his aversion to the U.S. Department of Education, but a report from the National Association of Scholars suggests that

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Hayes defends Department of Education in weekly Democratic address

U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05)(Molly Ingram / WSHU)U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5) is concerned about the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the Department of Education.Hayes, who taught in Waterbury for 15 years and was the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, talked about the department while delivering one of the first Democratic addresses of the Trump administration.“Any directives issued by the President to dismantle this c…

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