Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
Education Department paves way for its own destruction
The Department of Education is paving the way for its own destruction after laying off half of its workforce on Tuesday, ...
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Education Department to slash nearly one-third of its workforce with sweeping RIFs
The Education Department is preparing to lay off a significant portion of its workforce, with cuts expected to take place ...
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What does the Department of Education do? Its role and the push to abolish it
Since the Department of Education was established in 1979, the cabinet-level agency operating under the executive branch ...
New lawsuit alleges Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights cannot fulfill responsibilities after cuts
A lawsuit filed on Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its ...
Massive layoffs at the Department of Education erode its civil rights division
The Office for Civil Rights, through regional offices, investigated complaints against schools about discrimination, ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...
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 ...