WASHINGTON—Students, educators, and supporters gathered outside the Department of Education building on Friday morning to protest the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the agency.
The event, billed as a “study-in,” began at 10 a.m. with students reading and doing homework at desks lined up in front of the building, followed by a rally in the afternoon.
The protest was scheduled for the morning after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to return education authority to the states and, “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.”…