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‘We will work with Congress’: Linda McMahon promises cooperation in push to dismantle Education department

Trump will work with Congress and follow the law as he dismantles Department of Education, secretary insists

The Independent UK

Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education.

The Conversation

Did Trump Just Abolish the Department of Education?

While he can't get rid of the department outright, a new executive order attempts the next best thing.

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Small Business Administration will now oversee $1.7 trillion federal student loan portfolio

Nearly 45 million student loan borrowers with $1.7 trillion in debt are left wondering what will happen to their monthly payments.

Fortune

‘We’re Not Just Some Bureaucrats’: DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students

Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”

Texas Observer

'We’re going to find something else for you, Linda': Trump's education secretary is tasked with putting herself out of a job

President Trump signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to facilitate the closure of the agency.

Fortune

Why is Trump dismantling the Department of Education – and what’s next?

The process of gutting the department will require approval from Congress, which might be hard to secure.

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Donald Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ Department of Education

The executive order begins the process of dismantling the department, a process which requires congressional approval.

Al Jazeera

Trump Signs Order To 'Eliminate' US Education Department

US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at "eliminating" the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government.

International Business Times

‘We won’t be silent’ — Teachers vow legal challenges after Trump moves to slash Department of Education

The agency oversees a $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio and supervises 50 million primary and secondary students across the U.S.

Fortune

Trump signs order to ‘eliminate’ Department of Education — even though he’d need Congress to do it

The White House has conceded that it cannot entirely eliminate the department without action from Congress

The Independent UK

Trump signs executive order to dismantle Education Department

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing the Education secretary to take steps to dissolve the department.

Roll Call

Invest in Education—Not the Department of Education

More education dollars are funding more bureaucrats, who, by and large, are not improving student outcomes.

Reason

Will Trump's Education Dept. Order Hurt Scholarships and Key Tax Breaks?

The Trump administration's efforts to abolish the Department of Education could impact tax policy, college affordability, and your wallet.

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Marie Claire

Elizabeth Warren: This Is What Eliminating the Department of Education Will Actually Look Like

With the Trump administration threatening to sign an executive order to shut down the agency as soon as today, the Senator sits down with 'Marie Claire' to explain how public schools, financial aid, and civil rights would be impacted.

Salon

Trump moves to dismantle Education Dept.

Trump is expected to sign the executive order on Thursday

Reason

Bad Education

Is Trump about to pull the plug on the Department of Education?

Euronews

French Ministry of Education cancels retelling of 'Beauty and the Beast' deemed 'inappropriate'

The new adaptation of the fairytale had been commissioned for a campaign designed to give 10-year-old pupils a book to read over the summer.

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Evening Standard

What are Labour's plans for schools and what does it mean for your children?

Commons approves Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – to mixed reviews from education experts

Evening Standard

Education Secretary says London’s falling birth rate brings ‘opportunities to think creatively’

Bridget Phillipson also tells the Standard that Government will ‘look at the evidence’ from Sir Sadiq Khan’s free school meal programme

Evening Standard

Some schools not 'learning from the best' in boosting attendance rates, Education Secretary warns

Minister tells teachers ‘children’s life chances are at stake’ as schools struggle with higher absence levels than before the pandemic

The Independent UK

Free breakfast clubs, home-school register and academy reforms supported by MPs

The Education Secretary pledged to break down the barriers to opportunity for each and every child’ as school reforms cleared the Commons.

The Independent UK

Tories call for classroom phone ban after admitting their guidance hasn’t worked

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott admitted the guidance introduced under Rishi Sunak ‘hasn’t worked’

The National (Scotland)

SNP will 'never' bring back tuition fees for Scots, says Education Secretary

EDUCATION Secretary Jenny Gilruth has said her party will “never” bring back tuition fees for Scots amid funding shortfalls at a number of…

The Independent UK

Scottish Government to give extra £10m to universities under financial strain

The University of Dundee, which will benefit from the funding, said it was ‘extremely grateful’ to the Scottish Government.

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