Inside Trump’s Decimation of the Department of Education
Owen Dahlkamp | 14 March 2025 | The Nation
On March 11, the Trump administration announced a cut to nearly half of the Department of Education’s 4,000-person workforce—signaling the beginning of the president’s longtime campaign promise of shuttering the department.
Internal changes have been ongoing for weeks. Current and former employees at the agency spoke with The Nation about the chaos inside the department as the administration released layoff notifications and aligned the department with President Trump’s political agenda. The Department of Education did not respond to multiple requests for comment…