You CANNOT turn off something that big light turning off a light switch.
A man like Carson could turn it around and then began scaling it down until it's not much more than a figure head dept.
Trump's PLAN is to bring the control of education back to the State level and take it out of Wash D.C.'s hands
I sure would try. With a Republican majority in both houses, I would push to shut down that department and several others and would have it done as soon as I signed the bill. The fed employees could then quit or be transferred to border security.