6 h. ago How layoffs at the Education Department might affect the agency's core functions

How might layoffs at the Department of Education affect its core functions? NPR speaks with education scholar Beth Akers, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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18 h. ago What parents, teachers and school choice groups think of Education Department cuts

Teacher unions and some parent groups condemned the cuts, while school choice advocates celebrated them.

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18 h. ago 'Upsetting': Civil servants across the US part of Department of Education's layoffs

The Department of Education's mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees -- including civil servants around the country.

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22 h. ago Lease to end at San Francisco education department office as mass layoffs announced

Lease to end at San Francisco education department office as mass layoffs announced  ABC7 Bay Area

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22 h. ago Lease will end at SF education department office as mass layoffs announced

Lease will end at SF education department office as mass layoffs announced  ABC7 Bay Area

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22 h. ago ‘A Tsunami Coming From Washington’: Chicago, Illinois Leaders Respond to Education Department Layoffs

‘A Tsunami Coming From Washington’: Chicago, Illinois Leaders Respond to Education Department Layoffs  WTTW News

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26 h. ago Department of Education lays off nearly 50% of its workforce

Mass layoffs are impacted 1,315 employees of the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

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27 h. ago Education Department's major cuts to its staff. And, a proposed Ukraine peace deal

The Department of Education said it will cut around 50% of its workforce. And, the U.S. has announced it will be resuming military aid to Ukraine.

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35 h. ago Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half its staff

Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half its staff  The Washington Post

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41 h. ago Department of Education faces up to 50% layoffs after closure notice

Mass layoffs are expected to start Tuesday night at the Department of Education, sources told ABC News. The "reduction in force" notices are expected to go out at 6 p.m.

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41 h. ago U.S. Education Department switches to remote work amid talk of layoffs

The announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.

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41 h. ago U.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff

According to the department, more than 1,300 positions will be cut as a result of this reduction in force. Roughly another 600 employees have accepted voluntary resignations or retired.

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