Drastic staff reductions announced at Education Department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "Gutting the Department of Education will send class sizes soaring, cut job training programs, make higher education more expensive and out of reach for middle-class families, take away special education services for students with disabilities and gut student civil rights protections," Pringle said.
39% : March 11 (UPI) -- Nearly half of the U.S. Department of Education's staff will be placed on administrative leave as Education Secretary Linda McMahon follows through on Trump administration plans to eliminate the federal agency.
21% : " McMahon disagreed with Pringle's statements on the Education Department's downsizing, which Trump said has failed in its mission to maintain a high education level since the department's creation in 1980 and the nation spending at least twice as much per pupil on education compared to other nations.

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