U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, criticized the Trump Administration's efforts to close the U.S. Department of Education.

Trump noted that the administration and the new secretary of education, Linda McMahon, had already cut the number of department employees by nearly half.

President Trump today signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Education Department. The president, flanked by children at school desks, said that his administration would “take all lawful steps to shut down the department,” adding: “It’s doing us no good.” The administration has cited poor test scores as a justification.