Trump Set to Sign Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a historic executive order Thursday dismantling the federal Department of Education, delivering on a key promise to return control of education back to the states and parents where it belongs.

The order, which directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to facilitate the department’s closure, marks a major step in Trump’s broader effort to drain the swamp and stop the flow of taxpayer dollars used to fund radical ideologies in American classrooms. McMahon, confirmed just weeks ago, has long been tasked with putting herself “out of a job,” as Trump bluntly put it.

While shuttering the department will require congressional action, the executive order will effectively dismantle its operations, slash bureaucracy, and empower local communities. Importantly, it also ensures the “uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely,” according to a summary of the order.

Trump’s push comes after years of frustration from parents across the country:

• COVID-era school closures, mask mandates, and remote learning disasters left parents furious.

• Schools engaged in gender ideology secrecy, hiding students' gender identity changes from their own families.

• Radical curricula like Critical Race Theory and social justice activism were being forced into classrooms, eroding trust in the public school system.

Parents’ rights advocates, Republican governors, and others championing local control of education are expected to stand alongside Trump at the signing ceremony.

The administration has already taken decisive steps:

• 50% staff reduction in the Department of Education.

• Termination of $600 million in grants used to fund “divisive ideologies” and race-based hiring initiatives.

Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, made it clear “This will empower parents, states, and communities to take control and improve outcomes for all students.”

He cited dismal results from the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress exam, underscoring how the top-down federal approach has failed America’s children.

The Department of Education, established in 1979 under Jimmy Carter, has long been a bloated bureaucracy more focused on pushing progressive agendas than improving student outcomes. Teachers' unions and left-wing interest groups are already preparing legal challenges to keep their grip on the system intact, but Trump’s move represents a clear, decisive rejection of their influence.

For decades, Washington has dictated what children learn Trump is ending that era and putting parents back in charge.

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