Why do conservatives want to defund the department of education?

Since the last election I’ve been looking a bit into US politics since it will probably affect stuff in my business sector going forward.

One of the things I see is that there’s a big push to defund the department of education. Is this seen as a good thing by Trump’s base? If so, why?

Over here just saying you will defund education is something that will probably guarantee you’re not getting elected since it’s generally seen as a good thing that people become more educated. Is that not the case in the US?

Ideally conservatives would answer this question, but I’m open to hearing from any US citizens.

Edit: I’ve seen a couple comments that respond like I’m a US citizen/assuming I know stuff about how education over there works. Just in case this wasn’t clear, I’m not a US citizen and don’t know the specifics of how any of this works over there, that’s why I’m asking this.

Also, this has a lot of answers so I’ll be making my way through them slowly. Thanks a lot to everyone for their time in answering this.

Edit 2: thanks a lot to everyone who’s taken the time to politely answer and explain their views. I’m learning a lot about both US governance and American conservativism in general.