{"id":2414000,"date":"2025-03-20T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-expected-to-sign-executive-order-dismantling-education-department\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:29:02","slug":"trump-expected-to-sign-executive-order-dismantling-education-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-expected-to-sign-executive-order-dismantling-education-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump expected to sign executive order dismantling Education Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-expected-to-sign-executive-order-dismantling-education-department%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump expected to sign executive order calling to dismantle Education Department<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2035385\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is expected to severely curtail the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Department of Education\">Department of Education<\/a> via executive order Thursday, fulfilling a campaign pledge and a vision long-held by some in the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s public schedule for Thursday includes a 4 p.m. executive order signing and an &ldquo;education event&rdquo; in the East Room of the White House. That event will bring news that Trump seeks to eliminate the DOE, <em>USA Today <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/03\/19\/trump-eliminate-education-department-order\/82235735007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3352781\/title-ix-complaint-illinois-school-transgender-stude\/\">Title IX complaint accuses Illinois schools of &lsquo;forcing&rsquo; students to share private spaces with transgender classmates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3352439\/trump-administration-funding-upenn-transgender-athlete-policy-lia-thomas\/\">Trump administration halts $175 million in funding for UPenn over transgender athlete policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3351444\/trump-administration-hhs-maine-title-ix-violation-transgender-athletes\/\">Trump administration gives Maine deadline to resolve Title IX violations over transgender athletes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3339129\/white-house-executive-order-dismantle-education-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">order<\/a> has been in process for weeks and will direct Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take &ldquo;all necessary steps&rdquo; to facilitate the department&rsquo;s closure while returning education authority to the states, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>State-level Republican elected officials are expected to attend, including Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Bill Lee (R-TN), Greg Abbott (R-TX), Mike Braun (R-IN), Brad Little (R-ID), Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), Kim Reynolds (R-IA), and Mike DeWine (R-OH). GOP-aligned education advocacy groups including Moms for Liberty, Concerned Women for America, and leaders from the Heritage Foundation are expected to be in attendance as well. <\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have long decried the agency as a slush fund for teachers unions that does not help school children, pointing to struggles in the nation&rsquo;s education system and falling test scores since DOE was created 45 years ago. <\/p>\n<p>However, Trump will not be able to fully abolish the department without the help of Congress, and his order is likely to meet court challenges, which are starting to pile up as the administration moves aggressively to implement its policies unilaterally. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has already halved the department&rsquo;s workforce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3344277\/mass-layoffs-expected-department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"slashing\">slashing<\/a> its payroll from roughly 4,200 down to 2,100 via layoffs and deferred resignations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339115\/trump-education-department-investigates-45-colleges-segregated-phd-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump Education Department investigates 45 colleges over &lsquo;race-based&rsquo; programs\">Trump Education Department investigates 45 colleges over &lsquo;race-based&rsquo; programs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite those cuts, the Trump White House has also used the DOE to advance its goals, going after federally funded diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339115\/trump-education-department-investigates-45-colleges-segregated-phd-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"investigating\">investigating<\/a> colleges over alleged civil rights violations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3342930\/education-department-warns-60-colleges-stop-antisemitism-campuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"investigating\">warning<\/a> schools that they must crack down on antisemitism on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has contacted the White House seeking comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2035385\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035385\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump expected to sign executive order calling to dismantle Education Department President Donald Trump is expected to severely curtail the Department of Education via executive order Thursday, fulfilling a campaign pledge and a vision long-held by some in the Republican Party. 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