Last month, a lot of attention was paid to a proposal by the federal Department of Education to eliminate its office for English Language Learners (see DeVos Might Eliminate Federal ELL Office).

Now, apparently, there’s even bigger news – a proposal to eliminate the Department of Education itself, which the Trump Administration will announce on Thursday.

For further information, see:

White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments is from The Wall Street Journal.

Is Some Merger Afoot for the Education, Labor Departments? is from Ed Week.

UPDATES:

White House Proposes Merging Education And Labor Departments is from NPR.

An ‘Education and the Workforce’ Agency? is from Inside Higher Ed.

A History Of The Department Of Education is from NPR.