Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more

Image by Victor Salazar from Pixabay. Article by Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report – February 19, 2025 – updated weekly.

President Donald Trump has unleashed a flurry of orders and actions designed to reshape the federal government’s role in education since taking office for the second time. He directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to shrink the agency she oversees. Shuttering it entirely would take an act of Congress, but the administration laid off about half of its workers, floated plans to shift its work to other departments, and cut millions of dollars for education research, teacher training programs and other projects. […]

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