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, ...
Department of Education plans to lay off 1,300 workers as Trump vows to dismantle the agency
The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen ...
3 claims about the Department of Education and what it really does
The Education Department's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering ...
Advocates rally in DC against mass firings at US Department of Education
Education advocates, recently fired employees, and supporters are expected to gather Friday morning at the U.S. Department of ...
Mass layoffs ordered at Department of Education
Employees were told to leave the department's Washington, D.C., headquarters ahead of the layoffs and one-day building ...
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Department of Education Rocked by Layoffs: Will It Be Abolished?
President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...
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 ...
Department of Education layoffs could be a preview of bigger things to come
Mass layoffs at the temporarily shuttered Department of Education sent shockwaves through Washington D.C., but they could foretell even bigger things to come. “Many of them don’t work at all,” ...