Closing the department would require congressional approval, and it’s unlikely Trump would have sufficient support.

Keeping tabs on President Donald Trump's campaign to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education hasn't been easy for students, parents and teachers. The effort has been multifaceted and drawn out. And it still isn't exactly close to over.

The Department of Education is facing a reckoning under US President Donald Trump. After calling it “a bloated and radical bureaucracy” on the campaign trail, Trump took steps to dismantle the department within months of taking office.