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Putting the Department of Education to work — if Trump can’t abolish it

By Frederick M. Hess
Published November 29, 2024 5:15am ET
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On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump promised to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. He made the same pledge in 2016, as did Ronald Reagan in 1980.

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