About 50% of US Department of Education employees cut. What does that mean for Kentucky?
U.S. Department of Education workforce cuts will present challenges in ‘critical areas,’ Kentucky’s top education official said.
Trump defends decision to cut nearly half of Education Department staff
President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed his administration's efforts to lay off about half of the Education Department staff.
Education Department cut by half. Will Trump still try to shut it down?
The cuts come after President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to shutter the Education Department. Critics argue cutbacks are less about improving student outcomes and more about instituting a conservative agenda.
Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half its staff
The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education.
'A catastrophe': Democrats sound off on Trump's cuts to Education Department
Three state governors, all former educators, derided the decision to terminate nearly half the federal agency's workforce.
Education Department Cuts Half Its Staff as Trump Vows to Wind the Agency Down
The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency
Education Department to slash half its workforce
"Employees will not be permitted in any ED facility on Wednesday, March 12th", for any reason," the message said.
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A controversial company is running a virtual school in KY. Lawmakers want to protect it
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Education say the school has repeatedly failed to meet multiple requirements ...
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Florida remains identified as transgender Kentucky woman 36 years later
In 2019, the Lake County Sheriff's Office contacted the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that works to identify Jane and John Doe ...
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Body in decades-old Florida cold case ID'd as transgender woman
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said its detectives have made a breakthrough in a cold case dating back nearly four decades.
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What dismantling the Education Department could mean for Kentucky
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Kentucky school districts receive an average of $2,000 per student in federal funds.
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Area educators call on congress to protect federal school funding
Federal grants provide over $1 billion annually to Kentucky schools, according to the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy ...
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Ascend Elements alters Kentucky plans, will return $164M grant to DOE
The battery recycler says challenging market conditions have led it to cancel its plans to manufacture CAM at its Apex 1 ...