Nothing scary about this at all.
Update: apparently already backtracked: https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-preparing-executive-order-telling-education-secretary-dissolve/story?id=119499614
This might be the normal Trump tactic of floating horrible ideas, so don’t be surprised if it comes back later.
The system has to be rebuilt. Take the parts that worked, ditch the stuff that didn’t. Overhaul everything.
It’s how the country was founded. It’s not impossible. It’s just a big, big task.