Donald Trump to slash workforce at US education department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The education department oversees student loans for university, as well as special higher education grants for low-income students, known as Pell Grants.
53% : Trump has said he wants "the states to run schools" and for McMahon to "put herself out of a job".
53% : The American Federation of Teachers said the decision would affect the 90 per cent of US children who attend state-run, or public, schools.
39% : The reduction in workforce was "throwing federal education programmes into chaos across the country", said AFT president Randi Weingarten.
37% : States and districts will be forced to navigate funding crises without federal support, hurting millions of students with disabilities and students living in poverty," she added.
22% : Education secretary Linda McMahon told Fox News last week that she thought Trump "certainly intends to sign" an executive order that would lead to the closure of the department.

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