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Dismantling the Department of Education

Dismantling the Department of Education

Update: 2025-10-31
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When President Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education, he saw it as a path toward stronger public schools and greater opportunity. Decades later, the Trump administration’s push to dismantle it raises new questions about the federal role in education. Zahava Stadler and Jeremy Bauer-Wolf of New America join the show to explore how the agency came to be and what it might mean if it disappears.

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Dismantling the Department of Education

Dismantling the Department of Education

Shannon Lynch, New America