Can Trump dismantle the Department of Education with an executive order? Here’s what we know.
Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut dozens of contracts it dismissed as “woke” and wasteful. It gutted the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress, and the administration has fired or suspended scores of employees.
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Don’t Cry for the Education Department
Good riddance as Trump moves to dismantle it. But what then?
3 claims about the Department of Education and what it really does
As the U.S. Department of Education shrinks following massive layoffs at the agency, President Donald Trump and his allies continue to make dubious claims about the agency and education in the country.
America's post-Department of Education landscape: What will it look like?
Amid layoffs and a plan by Trump to close the U.S. Department of Education, a new dawn for students is coming. Will it be bright or bleak?
Democratic states sue over dismantling of Education Department
The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.
Department of Education Rocked by Layoffs: Will It Be Abolished?
President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his contentious plans to axe the department altogether.
'This is an evisceration': Department of Education fires nearly half its staff
Democratic state attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over cuts to the Department of Education. President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten joins Alex Witt to react to the changes and to share how it will impact students.
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Why dismantling the Department of Education will ruin Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement
President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to “close” the department ... an associate professor at the University of ...
Why the Trump Administration Canceled Me
I was supposed to give a book talk about civil rights at the Jimmy Carter Library. I think I know why the invitation was ...