Cutting the U.S. Department of Education Harms Millions of Students with Disabilities
Senator Maggie Hassan at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions hearing "Nomination of Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education," February 13, 2025, minute 114. The U.
Research arm of Education Department sees cuts after DOGE review
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of the Department of Education, is facing funding cuts as they cancel more than 160 contracts.  The American Educational Research
What Does the Education Department Do? A Look at the Agency Trump Wants to Cut.
President Trump says the Education Department should be ‘closed immediately.’ But even if the agency gets shuttered, its programs would likely continue in other departments.
Trump expresses desire to ‘immediately’ close the Department of Education
President Donald Trump would like the U.S. Department of Education closed "immediately," he told reporters while in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
Trump Vows to End Education Department. DOGE Has Already Started
Elon Musk’s budget-slashing team is auditing contracts and grant programs, including the federal student loan portfolio, in search of spending cuts.
Trump's Education Secretary May Be Asked to Dismantle the Education Department. Here's What It Does
If Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive to “put herself out of a job.”
Trump's pick for education chief sketches a roadmap for dismantling the department
Linda McMahon on Thursday sketched out how key functions of the Education Department could be carved up to achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of dismantling the agency, vowing to “reorient” the department while continuing some of its
Trump wants the Department of Education to be closed 'immediately.' Here's what shutting it down would mean.
Linda McMahon, Trump's education secretary pick, has her confirmation hearing on Thursday amid reports of plans to shut down the Education Department.
Federal Layoffs LIVE: Thousands of Probationary Staff Fired at 9 Agencies Including VA, Education
President Donald Trump's administration has fired around 200,000 federal employees across at least seven agencies. Follow ...
Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
What does the Department of Education do? Trump continues push for school choice, shutting agency
Amid the push for school choice and school vouchers, Trump continues his campaign to shutter the federal Education Department ...
NC native Linda McMahon testifies on dismantling Department of Education and what’s next
Linda McMahon sat before a Senate committee Thursday morning testifying about her plans for the Department of Education after ...
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Education Department reorganization won’t hurt funding, McMahon promises in confirmation hearing
Linda McMahon said at her confirmation hearing that an Education Department overhaul won’t hurt school funding. One ...
How Many Employees Does the Department of Education Have? Number
The U.S. Department of Education will undergo changes under Donald Trump’s administration. Learn more about it here.
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The Perils of Handing Off the Education Department’s Job to Other Regulators
Challenges like student financial aid and civil rights investigations in schools demand the specialized oversight of the ...
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BETSY DEVOS: Education Department has failed. Time to let parents and states take the lead
And it’s an indictment of the U.S. Department of ... grant all necessary education funding directly to the states. This reset must also ensure that no child in America is trapped in a failing ...