Us Breaking News Trump Has Ordered The Dismantling Of The Us Education Department Here’s What That Means

The Trump Administration’s Recent Special Education Layoffs Will Have Major Long-Term Impacts on Disabled Children and Students

The Trump administration unlawful layoffs during the federal shutdown, in coordination with its policy changes and budget cuts, are intended to lead to closure of the Department of Education, leaving ... Read More

Supreme Court will allow mass layoffs at Education Department

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. Read More

Trump administration's agenda to dismantle the US Education Department: How far will it go?

The Trump administration’s sweeping layoffs and operational freezes signal an effort to dismantle the US Department of Education. Targeting civil rights and special education offices, the cuts ... Read More

Shutdown shows why it’s time to defund the Education Department

As public schools continue in full swing, the recent government shutdown has highlighted the uselessness of the Department of Education, which has been closed for over a month. Democrats must now pass ... Read More

No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael ... Read More

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

“Who the heck is going to administer this program?" The nation's special education services have been significantly impacted after Friday's mass layoffs within the Department of Education and it could ... Read More

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, ... Read More

Nearly 500 Education Dept. Employees Fired

The Trump administration threatened to lay off federal workers because of the government shutdown. Thousands reportedly got pink slips Friday. Staff members at the Department of Education will be ... Read More

White House Guts Education Department With More Layoffs

About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement. By Sarah Mervosh Michael C. Read More