Education Department Faces 50% Workforce Reduction
Education Secretary Linda McMahon initiates 50% workforce reduction while administration pushes legislation to completely abolish Department of Education, directly implementing Project 2025’s recommendation to eliminate the department entirely.
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- Education Department cuts nearly 50% of workforce (2025-03-11) [Tier 2]
- U.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in Force (2025-03-11) [Tier 1]
- Education Department's mass layoffs first step toward agency shutdown, Secretary McMahon says (2025-03-11) [Tier 1]
- Dept. of Education plans to slash nearly 50 percent of its staff (2025-03-11) [Tier 2]
- U.S. Department of Education says it will cut nearly half its staff (2025-03-12) [Tier 2]
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- Grok's Amplification of Hate: We need a Global Regulation on Gen AI (2025-07-15) [Tier 2]
- Education Department to cut roughly half its staff (2025-03-11)
- Education Dept cuts workforce by nearly 50% in mass layoffs (2025-03-11)
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