A department in retreat
Students with disabilities at risk
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Civil rights enforcement further weakened
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Federal funding and financial aid
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Legal and political hurdles
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The implications
For decades, the United States Department of Education has played a central, if sometimes contentious, role in American schooling. It distributes billions in federal funding, oversees civil rights enforcement, and tracks student achievement. But the Trump administration has set its sights on a more radical transformation: dismantling the department entirely. Recent developments offer a glimpse of just how far that effort could reach.Over the past three weeks, the Education Department has largely halted operations due to the government shutdown, while the Trump administration has laid off more than 460 employees.
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