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The Department began formal procedures to dissolve itself following an Executive Order signed by President Trump to 'return authority' to the states.
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The Department initiated negotiated rulemaking to reform the accreditation system, aiming to break the 'monopoly' of existing accreditors and support alternative models.
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President Trump appointed Linda McMahon , a co-founder of WWE and major MAGA donor/transition co-chair, to lead the Department with a mandate to dismantle it.
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The Department initiated negotiated rulemaking to reform the accreditation system, aiming to break the 'monopoly' of existing accreditors and support alternative models.
Accreditation reform is a key MAGA strategy to challenge perceived liberal bias in higher education.
The Department today announced its intent to... reform and strengthen America’s higher education accreditation system.
The Department announced formal partnerships with private entities and states to 'break up the federal education bureaucracy' and decentralize student data and aid.
Decentralization and privatization of federal functions are core MAGA education tenets.
U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Partnerships to Break Up the Federal Education Bureaucracy.
The Department issued guidance prohibiting federal funds from supporting what it defined as 'political activism' on college campuses, targeting protest movements.
This policy targets campus activities often opposed by the MAGA movement, such as pro-Palestinian or social justice protests.
U.S. Department of Education Prohibits Federal Funds from Supporting Political Activism on College Campuses.
The Department moved to eliminate disparate-impact liability in federal education regulations, aligning with MAGA legal priorities to narrow civil rights enforcement.
Removing disparate impact is a specific legal goal of the MAGA movement to shift away from systemic equity metrics.
New Executive Order Eliminates Disparate-Impact Liability in Federal Regulations.
The Department began formal procedures to dissolve itself following an Executive Order signed by President Trump to 'return authority' to the states.
This is the core policy objective of the MAGA education platform (Project 2025/Agenda 47).
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to dissolve the Department of Education (ED).
President Trump appointed Linda McMahon, a co-founder of WWE and major MAGA donor/transition co-chair, to lead the Department with a mandate to dismantle it.
Notes: Confirmed by Senate 51-45.
The appointment of a top political ally and transition leader specifically tasked with the agency's dissolution is a primary signal of MAGA alignment.
McMahon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 51–45 on March 3, 2025.
The Department, in coordination with DOGE, issued warnings to states that federal funding would be withheld if Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs were not eliminated.
Aggressive anti-DEI enforcement is a hallmark of MAGA institutional policy.
A letter penned by the Education Department... gives state education departments 14 days to comply.