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DOGE tore down the Education Department’s research and statistical agency. Now some in the Trump administration are pushing to rebuild it
A year ago, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency swept into the Department of Education and devastated its research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Nearly 100 contracts for ...
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Fordham Institute’s Amber Northern says federal education research is worth rebuilding after DOGE cuts
A year after DOGE canceled contracts and laid off IES staff, Amber Northern explains what the agency still does well — and the changes she’d make next.
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DOGE said it cut $881 million at the Education Department. The real savings are much less.
WASHINGTON – The newly formed Department of Government Efficiency says it shaved nearly $900 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s budget. But that math isn’t adding up, according to both ...
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U.S. Department of Education releases vision for reshaping federal research after DOGE cuts
The Institute of Education Sciences must make research easier for schools to use, said a consultant for the Education Department, which the Trump administration aims to dismantle.