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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 mandated obligations due to Trump administration changes as it seek to ...
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 ...
California joins 19 Democratic states in suit to stop massive Education Department layoffs
The states allege the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's crucial, congressionally-mandated work ...
MA Attorney General sues Trump administration for attempt to dismantle Education Department
Attorneys general from 20 states joined the lawsuit to block President Trump's effort to dismantle the agency.