If the federal Department of Education closed its doors, funding would be the most immediate impact. Especially for the most vulnerable students.

We want to close the federal Department of Education.”  But fulfilling that promise is easier said than done. Dismantling the agency – which provides billions of dollars each year to low-income public schools and billions more to help millions of Americans pay for college – would likely require the support of congressional Democrats,

Chris Hayes explains how Trump's unpopular threat to shutter the Education Department will suffer the same fate as Bush's pledge to gut Social Security

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned "disbanding" and "de-powering" the Department of Education during his campaign. What does that mean for you?

Shuttering the U.S. Department of Education has long been one of President-elect Donald Trump’s more controversial promises. “We will move everything back to the states where it belongs,” Trump said in one campaign speech during his successful march back to the White House.

Some of the first questions that were brought up after President-Elect Donald Trump made his desires clear - to get Washington’s influence out of schools and hand control over to the states - included: What happens to special education funding?

President-elect Trump has repeatedly pledged to dismantle the Department of Education, a decision that could radically reshape learning across America. Why it matters: The Department of Education plays a crucial role in making education access and quality more equitable for students across the country.