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Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here's why

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The Department of Education has been a pet policy goal of the right ever since the agency was created in 1980 .

The agency's primary functions are providing funding for programs that serve low-income public schools and children with disabilities.

Trump doesn't need to shut down the department in order to launch an all-out war on public schools.

Instead, Republicans will likely focus on school voucher programs.

The Department of Education doesn’t need to be abolished in order for Trump to damage public education.

It’s unlikely that he’ll succeed in abolishing it, but there's a reason he made it a priority on the campaign trail.

As his base grows increasingly against public schools, chipping away at them has become a way to shore up support.