Nadra Nittle

Education reporter

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President Donald Trump has taken his most decisive step yet toward dismantling the Department of Education , a move that will have widespread ramifications for vulnerable students and has raised concerns among education leaders and lawmakers who contend that it will create chaos and confusion for families instead of giving them the help they actually need.

His administration announced on Tuesday that it will transfer core agency functions to four other federal offices — news met with fierce criticism by education advocates who questioned its legality and said it is an abandonment of the nation’s students.

“Donald Trump and his administration chose American Education Week , a time when our nation

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