“Kind of like the US has over the last 60 years?”
This all started with Woodrow Wilson. Over the years it ebbed and flowed based on who was President. Biden took it as far as he could. Trump rolled it back. Now Trump has to increase the pressure to eradicate, or at the least radically shift ideological boundaries further to the right.
If Trump can put a stake in the heart of the Department of Education he will have done the country and education a great service.
It would be hard for anyone to say what Jimmy Carter did in his 4 years that did the most long lasting harm, but the Department of Education would have to be in the Top Ten.