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Trump signs order aimed at dismantling US Department of Education

Trump signs order aimed at dismantling US Department of Education

President Donald Trump of the United States on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education.

The order is said to be designed to leave school policy almost entirely in the hands of states and local boards, a prospect that alarms liberal education advocates.

Trump said at a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House that the order was a first step to eliminate the department.

It was gathered that shuttering the agency completely requires an act of Congress, and Trump lacks the votes for that.

“We're going to be returning education, very simply, back to the states where it belongs,” Trump said.

The signing of the order came after the department's announcement last week that it would lay off nearly half of its staff, in step with Trump's sweeping efforts to reduce the size of a federal government he considers to be bloated and inefficient.

Education has reportedly been long a political lightning rod in the United States.

Conservatives are said to favour local control over education policy and school-choice options that help private and religious schools, and left-leaning voters largely support robust funding for public schools and diversity programs.

However, Trump has elevated the fight to a different level, making it part of a generalized push against what conservatives view as liberal indoctrination in America's schools from the university level down to K-12 instruction.

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