Until there’s legislation repealing it the Dept of Education can easily be reestablished by a Rat administration.
I agree completely with disestablishing the pseudo-field of education. Some states have procedures for allowing non-ed majors into the education profession. Maybe anyone with a BS\BA then do a year of a teaching apprenticeship could be certified to teach at the K12 level.
Excellent observations about the teaching apprentice programs. I need to look into them.