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Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education.

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2025

Did Trump Just Abolish the Department of Education?

While he can't get rid of the department outright, a new executive order attempts the next best thing.

Reason · Mar 21, 2025

Small Business Administration will now oversee $1.7 trillion federal student loan portfolio

Nearly 45 million student loan borrowers with $1.7 trillion in debt are left wondering what will happen to their monthly payments.

Fortune · Mar 21, 2025

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‘We’re Not Just Some Bureaucrats’: DOE Employees on How Their Work Helps Texas Students

Department of Education workers and union leaders in Texas say kids will pay the price for Trump’s decision to “break this system.”

Texas Observer · Mar 21, 2025

'We’re going to find something else for you, Linda': Trump's education secretary is tasked with putting herself out of a job

President Trump signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to facilitate the closure of the agency.

Fortune · Mar 21, 2025

Why is Trump dismantling the Department of Education – and what’s next?

The process of gutting the department will require approval from Congress, which might be hard to secure.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2025

Donald Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ Department of Education

The executive order begins the process of dismantling the department, a process which requires congressional approval.

Al Jazeera · Mar 21, 2025

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Trump Signs Order To 'Eliminate' US Education Department

US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at "eliminating" the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the American right, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government.

International Business Times · Mar 21, 2025

‘We won’t be silent’ — Teachers vow legal challenges after Trump moves to slash Department of Education

The agency oversees a $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio and supervises 50 million primary and secondary students across the U.S.

Fortune · Mar 20, 2025

Trump signs order to ‘eliminate’ Department of Education — even though he’d need Congress to do it

The White House has conceded that it cannot entirely eliminate the department without action from Congress

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025

Trump signs executive order to dismantle Education Department

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing the Education secretary to take steps to dissolve the department.

Roll Call · Mar 20, 2025

Invest in Education—Not the Department of Education

More education dollars are funding more bureaucrats, who, by and large, are not improving student outcomes.

Reason · Mar 20, 2025

Will Trump's Education Dept. Order Hurt Scholarships and Key Tax Breaks?

The Trump administration's efforts to abolish the Department of Education could impact tax policy, college affordability, and your wallet.

Kiplinger · Mar 20, 2025

Elizabeth Warren: This Is What Eliminating the Department of Education Will Actually Look Like

With the Trump administration threatening to sign an executive order to shut down the agency as soon as today, the Senator sits down with 'Marie Claire' to explain how public schools, financial aid, and civil rights would be impacted.

Marie Claire · Mar 20, 2025

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Salon · Mar 20, 2025

Trump moves to dismantle Education Dept.

Trump is expected to sign the executive order on Thursday

Reason · Mar 20, 2025

Bad Education

Is Trump about to pull the plug on the Department of Education?

Euronews · Mar 20, 2025

French Ministry of Education cancels retelling of 'Beauty and the Beast' deemed 'inappropriate'

The new adaptation of the fairytale had been commissioned for a campaign designed to give 10-year-old pupils a book to read over the summer.

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025

What are Labour's plans for schools and what does it mean for your children?

Commons approves Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – to mixed reviews from education experts

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Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

Education Secretary says London’s falling birth rate brings ‘opportunities to think creatively’

Bridget Phillipson also tells the Standard that Government will ‘look at the evidence’ from Sir Sadiq Khan’s free school meal programme

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

Some schools not 'learning from the best' in boosting attendance rates, Education Secretary warns

Minister tells teachers ‘children’s life chances are at stake’ as schools struggle with higher absence levels than before the pandemic

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Free breakfast clubs, home-school register and academy reforms supported by MPs

The Education Secretary pledged to break down the barriers to opportunity for each and every child’ as school reforms cleared the Commons.

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

Tories call for classroom phone ban after admitting their guidance hasn’t worked

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott admitted the guidance introduced under Rishi Sunak ‘hasn’t worked’

The National (Scotland) · Mar 16, 2025

SNP will 'never' bring back tuition fees for Scots, says Education Secretary

EDUCATION Secretary Jenny Gilruth has said her party will “never” bring back tuition fees for Scots amid funding shortfalls at a number of…

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Scottish Government to give extra £10m to universities under financial strain

The University of Dundee, which will benefit from the funding, said it was ‘extremely grateful’ to the Scottish Government.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2025

Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come

The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid off about 1,315 employees. The move follows several recent directives targeting the Cabinet-level agency.

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