PBS News Hour

Advocates discuss push to dismantle Education Department

To help understand the implications of President Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department, Geoff Bennett has perspectives from Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Catherine Lhamon, a former assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education under both the Obama and Biden administrations.

Advocates discuss push to dismantle Education Department

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