President Trump signs order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education

President Donald Trump ordered his administration on Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education, looking to achieve a top campaign promise, although the White House acknowledged the agency can't ‒ and won't – entirely be dissolved.

Flanked by more than a dozen students seated at school desks, Trump signed the long-anticipated executive order at a ceremony in the White House's East Room attended by several Republican governors and state education commissioners.