Trump Wants to Abolish the Education Department. What Comes Next?

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  Hey, what's news, listeners?

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  It's Sunday, February 16th.

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  I'm Alex Osola for the Wall Street Journal.

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  This is what's News Sunday,

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  the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out

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  to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world this week.

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  President Trump wants to close the Education Department.

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  Can he succeed?

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  And what would happen if he did?

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  The federal Department of Education was established in 1980,

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  and pretty much since then, conservatives have wanted to get rid of it.

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  President Trump has run with the idea both as a candidate and since returning to the White House.

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  A reporter asked him about it in the Oval Office just this past week.

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  How soon do you want the Department of Education to be closed?

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  Oh, I'd like it to be closed immediately.

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  Look, the Department of Education's a big con job.

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  A move like this one might not be so simple to pull off.

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  To talk about it,

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  I'm joined by national political reporter Ken Thomas and education reporter Matt Barnum.

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  Ken, I want to start us off with something really basic.

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