President Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. He says his administration’s goal is to return control of education back to the states. Jill Underly, Ph.D., is the Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She says that change could be “absolutely disastrous” for public schools and students. She joins Soledad O’Brien to talk about the role of the department and how the move to dismantle it would increase the workload for states and educators.
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