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Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss’

The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid off about 1,315 employees. The move follows several recent directives targeting the Cabinet-level agency.

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The department laid off over 1,300 employees this week.

The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the agency entirely. The move leaves the department with 2,183 employees, down from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the year.

Over a thousand people will be laid off from the 4,000-person agency

Department of Education warned colleges and universities across the country of the financial repercussions of what they characterize as failing to protect Jewish students

Democrats have denounced Trump’s proposal to close the department as placing added burdens on rural states and students.

Trump has begun the process of dismantling the Department of Education, which manages a $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio

Education secretary Linda McMahon’s plan to eliminate department will hurt disadvantaged children, staff say

Email offers up to $25,000 but employees note severance and unused leave compensation would add up to more