Trump's Bold Move to Dismantle the Education Department: What It Means for Schools

With hundreds of thousands of students returning to classrooms this week, President Donald Trump and Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon are hosting a "Back to School" event at the White House on Monday.

But the "wins" the administration is celebrating include highlighting their efforts to shut the department down as well as progress on bolstering school choice.

The event on Monday afternoon will be headlined by Trump, McMahon and supporters of their effort to bolster school choice, offer voucher expansions and restore parental rights, according to a White House official. The event will also tout the president's education reforms from the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and McMahon's continued efforts to return Department of Education responsibilities back to the states.