Why does Trump want to close the Department of Education?
President Donald Trump is on his way to fulfill another campaign promise of dismantling the Department of Education. The battle over federal involvement in local education is one that’s been decades in the making, but what exactly do these recent cuts mean for students and their schooling? NBC’s Rehema Ellis reports in this week’s Sunday Focus.
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