Trump admin touts efforts to shut down Education Department as school year begins

With hundreds of thousands of students returning to classrooms this week, President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon hosted a “Back to School” event at the White House on Monday.
But the “wins” the administration is celebrating include highlighting their efforts to shut the department down as well as progress on bolstering school choice.
The event in the Rose Garden on Monday afternoon was headlined by Trump, McMahon and supporters of these