WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is not completely relinquishing its influence despite moves to dismantle the entire agency — and it’s looking at issuing a “toolkit” of suggestions for educators to draw inspiration from to bolster student “excellence.”

The initiative won’t be a “mandate,” but a set of recommendations with examples of successful strategies for reading, AI and classroom discipline that have already worked at schools across the country, Education Secretary Linda McMahon told The Post in an exclusive interview.

“My goal is then to put together a toolkit which we can deliver to states. … They’re toolkits to say, look, this is what’s worked here. This is how it’s worked,” McMahon said.

The DOE recommendations will also include contacts for the educators behind the suc

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