Ed Department programs going to other agencies to ‘return education to states’

The U.S. Department of Education took further steps to wind down its operations via six agreements with the U.S. Departments of Interior, Labor, State and Health and Human Services, it said on Tuesday.

“The Trump administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states,” stated Linda McMahon, the U.S. education secretary.

“Cutting through layers of red tape in Washington is one essential piece of our final mission,” she said. “As we partner with these agencies to improve federal programs, we will continue to gather best practices in each state through our 50-state tour, empower local leaders in K-12 education, restore excellence to higher education and work with Congress to codify these reforms.”

Under the agreements, the Labo