Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities
For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.
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 ...
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 ...
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What does the Department of Education do? Its role and the push to abolish it
The Education Department does not run schools. That's up to individual states and local school districts. The agency ...
U.S. Department of Education cuts have Illinois advocates worried
Concern about the funds is growing now that staffing at the agency has been cut by nearly 50% — from 4,133 to 2,183.
The Breakdown: The history and role of the U.S. Department of Education
The United States Department of Education was officially created by Congress during the Carter Administration.
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What does the Department of Education do? What to know as Trump prepares order to eliminate it
While K-12 curricula is largely under the purview of local governments, the Department of Education plays a supporting role in K-12 school through funding. The agency also oversees colleges to ...
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 ...
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Department of Education warns that public schools must remove DEI policies or lose federal funding
equity and inclusion policies or risk losing federal funding. A letter from the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights was sent to the departments of education in all 50 states ...
What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...
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What is the U.S. Education Department and why does Trump want to get rid of it?
President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order dismantling the federal Department of Education ... and ...
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DOGE, Education Department threaten states’ funding if they don’t cut DEI programs
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the Department of Education put state education departments on notice Friday, threatening to revoke federal funding for public schools and ...