The president can’t eliminate a federal agency with an executive order lawfully. But he can undermine its functions and redistribute duties.

Trump repeatedly talked about his desire to close the Education Department, which he alleged “indoctrinate(s) America’s youth with all sorts of things," on the campaign trail.

The US oligarchy, working through the Trump administration, demands the privatization of education, patriotic and religious indoctrination in schools, and more young people forced into the workforce at an earlier age.