President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education is the first step in removing the “bureaucratic lock hold” on education in the United States, Harrison Fields, the president’s principal deputy press secretary and special assistant, said on Newsmax Friday. 

“We know the Department of Education has failed in its mission to better educate our children,” Fields told Newsmax’s “National Report.” “We are spending amongst the most money of any developed nation, yet we still are at the bottom of the list when it comes to results.”

Trump Thursday afternoon signed the order calling for the dismantling of the department, a longtime target of conservatives. According to the White House, the department will retain certain critical functions, including with student loans.

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