Educators sound alarm on programs tangled up in Education Department shutdown

If the Department of Education is dismantled, as some Republican lawmakers are hoping to do, public school K-12 educators fear what programs could be impacted.

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Black educators warn of what is lost if Education Department is shuttered

Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in ...
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Expert on what happens if the Department of Education is dismantled

President Trump is considering executive action to shut down the Department of Education, which provides vital support for student achievement, financial assistance, and civil rights enforcement. ...
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Educators sound alarm on programs tangled up in Education Department shutdown

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