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, ...
All the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education
About 4,000 people worked for the Department of Education previously; following the cuts, roughly 2,000 workers remain there. The DOE is run by the Secretary of Education in the p ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be ...
Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. Here's what the agency does.
The Department of Education doesn't oversee school curriculums, but it does offer a range of services affecting millions of ...
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 ...
Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half its staff
The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education ...
Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down
The Trump administration had already been whittling the agency’s staff, though buyout offers and the termination of ...
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US Department of Education Issues Sweeping Guidance on Race-Conscious Practices By Academic Institutions
The US Department of Education’s (the Department’s) Office for Civil Rights issued a sweeping “Dear Colleague” letter on February 14, 2025 outlining a new zero-tolerance policy for the ...
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Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?
the Department of Education is the site of our strongest national commitments to equal opportunity for school-age children. This wasn’t always the case. For much of its early history, the US ...
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Schools await DEI letter from US Department of Education
The Department of Education is sending a warning about diversity, equity and inclusion programs. It’s not clear what exactly needs to be changed but Toledo Public Schools leaders say they’ll ...
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The Department of Education’s History Shows It is Essential
Now, the Department of Education remains in flux. Reports indicate that Elon’s Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) has begun investigating the Department of Education ...