Categories Selected Articles Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half of its staff Post author By Mike Nova Post date March 11, 2025 The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education. ← RT by @mikenov: The Department of Education is laying off half of its employees, and closing its offices for the rest of Tuesday and all of Wednesday. A panel joins “The Hill on NewsNation” to discuss what this means for the agency now. MORE: trib.al/kaZoXSu @BlakeBurman → Safety investigators call for ban on helicopter flights after deadly DC crash