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 president's cabinet.

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education and ordering that fired employees be reinstated ...

The Trump administration’s steep workforce cuts at the Education Department include hundreds of attorneys, student aid workers and civil rights office staff, according to agency documents ...

A child yawns during the signing of an executive order to shut down the Department of Education by President Donald Trump (Picture: Reuters) ‘We want to return our students to the states.

X CEO Elon Musk made an "ironic" mistake after publicly supporting Donald Trump as he signed an executive order to demolish the US Department of Education.

The Education Department is offering a buyout of up to $25,000 to most of its employees, according to a department-wide email obtained by POLITICO. Employees have until Monday at 11:59 p.m. to ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to dissolve the Department of Education have left a wave of chaos in its wake. By Mary Harris March 29, 2025 10:00 AM ...

Almost $1 billion in cuts have been made to the Department of Education by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ... UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news.

Here is a look at some of the department’s key functions, and how Trump has said he might approach them. Student loans and financial aid. The Education Department manages approximately $1.5 ...

Analysis: In signing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, Trump was assigning homework that will never get done, Richard Hall writes.

President Donald Trump and his administration are reportedly considering issuing executive actions or orders that would effectively shut down the Department of Education.While he can’t close the ...

The planned order follows years of campaign promises from Trump to abolish the Education Department, which was established in 1979, during President Jimmy Carter's administration. In September ...