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The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs. But some workers slated to be let go are still in limbo.
The Department of Education began sending notices to employees that it plans to resume shrinking the department after the Supreme Court said on Monday that President Donald Trump could carry out mass layoffs.
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Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency.
Here's what to know after a decision by the Supreme Court gives the president a green light to move forward on his promise to gut the agency.
Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm student-loan borrowers.
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department.
Desperation crept into Sylvia’s voice as she rattled off all the ways her life would become more difficult if a free learning program that her son attends during the summer shuts its doors.
The Trump administration has created a partnership between Labor and Education departments to build an integrated federal education and workforce system as part of an effort to downsize the government.
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to shift key functions from the Education Department to other corners of the federal government, moving quickly to implement changes just one day after the Supreme Court cleared the way for mass layoffs.
Here are some of the ways in which the dismantling of the Department of Education could prove to be detrimental.
Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency.