The layoffs represent a significant escalation of Trump’s efforts to reduce the department’s role in education
The executive order would be the culmination of the president’s attacks on the agency that date back to his 2016 campaign.
Linda McMahon says the department should refrain from ‘overreach’ and return power to states. President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the agency.
Now confirmed as education secretary, the ex-pro wrestling executive must grapple with a slippery task: overhaul an agency that Trump says he wants to dismantle.
The conservative group’s new training program seeks to drive activism against social and emotional learning in schools.
Trump’s Education Department threatened the federal funding of schools and colleges with diversity practices.
The Trump administration has said it’s cutting waste in education research. Families and schools have a different take.
Rufo popularized the idea that CRT had infiltrated American schools. Now his social media posts appear to be driving cuts at the Education Department.
Practices such as essays that allow students to discuss their ethnic background and admissions policies that de-emphasize test scores could represent illegal discrimination, an Education Department letter said.
Democratic senators wanted details about Trump’s intentions toward K-12 schools. McMahon deflected many questions — including whether schools might risk their federal funding by teaching standalone African American history courses.