Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff — from nytimes.com by Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein. From DSC: I’m gifting this article to you.
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
The Education Department announced on Tuesday that it was firing more than 1,300 workers, effectively gutting the agency that manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and enforces civil rights laws in schools.
The layoffs mean that the department, which started the year with 4,133 employees, will now have a work force of about half that size after less than two months with President Trump in office. In addition to the 1,315 workers who were fired on Tuesday, 572 employees accepted separation packages offered in recent weeks and 63 probationary workers were terminated last month.