Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would face difficulties.

Chris Hayes explains how Trump's unpopular threat to shutter the Education Department will suffer the same fate as Bush's pledge to gut Social Security

We want to close the federal Department of Education.”  But fulfilling that promise is easier said than done. Dismantling the agency – which provides billions of dollars each year to low-income public schools and billions more to help millions of Americans pay for college – would likely require the support of congressional Democrats,