On one-year anniversary, Democrats decry dismantling of Department of Education

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 754

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats and education advocates Wednesday marked one year since the U.S. Department of Education initiated sweeping mass layoffs.

Those layoffs set the stage for more unprecedented efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration over the past year to wind down the 46-year-old agency as part of his quest to return education “back to the states.”

Meanwhile, a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that the staffing reductions affected the …

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