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 ...
Education Department announces it's cutting nearly 50% of workforce
The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.
Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...
Fired Education Department worker: 'We got the sense that we were disposable.'
In the Department of Government Efficiency's latest efforts to cut federal costs, some 1,315 Education Department employees ...
Education Department to cut roughly half its staff
Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and about 1,000 are in 10 regional offices across the ...
WA officials challenge Education Department firings
Still, the state's superintendent of public schools said there would be a “much bigger impact” if Congress or the executive ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
Advocates worry the federal government would not look out in the same way for poor students, those still learning English, ...
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All the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education
After Congress established the Department of Education, the department's seven objectives in law are: Helping ensure access to equal educational opportunity for everyone. Support states, localities ...