Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Key functions of the Education Department, which Trump is moving to dismantle - The Washington Post

The department has 4,400 employees, according to a federal grants website. It is responsible for the $1.6 billion federal student loan program and a range of grants for K-12 schools. 

In addition, the department runs achievement tests dubbed the Nation's Report Card and collects statistics on enrollment, staffing and crime in schools. It enforces civil rights laws that bar discrimination in federally funded schools on the basis of race, sex and other factors. 

States and school districts, not the federal Education Department, set curriculums. That runs counter to Trump's repeated call to send education "back to the states," as it already mostly resides there...


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