‘We won’t be silent’ — Teachers vow legal challenges after Trump moves to slash Department of Education

President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One flying to Washington D.C. (Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images)

• President Donald Trump signed an executive order to crack open the Department of Education on Thursday. The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association condemned the move, and have promised lawsuits. Earlier this month, the department laid off nearly half of its staff. 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would dissolve the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). While the agency cannot be shuttered without congressional approval, Trump signed the order saying that it would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all.”