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Trump FIRES 20% of Department of Education Employees

Woman speaking into a microphone at a Turning Point event, gesturing with her hand, wearing a beige outfit against a vibrant pink background.
Former Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon speaking with attendees at the 2021 Young Women’s Leadership Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.

President Donald Trump has long said that the Department of Education is a bloated bureaucracy that drains taxpayer dollars while producing little measurable improvement in America’s classrooms.

This week, that promise to shrink Washington’s footprint in education took another step forward when the Department of Education laid off nearly 460 employees, cutting roughly a fifth of its workforce.

The most significant reductions came from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and from staff tied to the TRIO college access program.

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