Trump Makes Good On Campaign Promise To Dismantle Education Department

4 weeks ago President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department. The Republican president's plan is expected to be announced Thursday. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. And the White House says the department would not close completely right away. It is to retain certain critical functions, like managing federal student loans and Pell grants.