Trump's executive order cites a number of reasons for dismantling the department, including $3tn (£2.3tn) spent "without ...

The Education Department has spent trillions on education ... my dad’s dream come true — 40 years too late. — Michael Reagan is the son of President Ronald Reagan, a political consultant ...

Forty-five years ago Ronald Reagan promised to abolish the Department of Education. Now, more than a generation later, Donald Trump has finally started to deliver with an executive order that ...

While running for president in 1980, Reagan vowed to eliminate the Department of Education, decades before Trump. Reagan ...

"We must cut out non-essential government spending," Reagan told lawmakers, vowing to cull the wider federal workforce by 75,000. For 43 years, that vision for abolishing the education department ...

"The Department of Education was created ... enough congressional support to completely eliminate it. Reagan argued that education should be handled at the state level and the federal government ...

States and communities invest 90% of public education funds and shoulder most responsibility. The Department of Education lingers in the background.

Fully closing down the Department of Education will require congressional approval. Since the days of President Ronald Reagan, Republicans have sought to eliminate the Department of Education ...

Forty-five years ago Ronald Reagan promised to abolish the Department of Education. Now, more than a generation later, Donald Trump has finally started to deliver with an executive order that ...