U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding and influence.

Trump has said he wants to leave school policy to the states, but state officials and lawmakers aren’t clear on what that would look like.

Larry Wexler is enjoying a hard-earned retirement, but if you ask him about his former life, he beams. “I had the greatest job in the world,” said Wexler, of Maryland. For more than three decades, the former public school teacher worked at the U.

Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.

Donald Trump's Department of Education has launched a new portal for Americans to rat out the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at their local public schools. The portal, called EndDEI.ed.gov,

Portal allows parents to give an email address, the name of the school, and "details of the concerning practices."