Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Much of what the department does, like investigating civil rights complaints and helping families apply for financial aid, is labor intensive, said Garza, who is now director of higher education policy at Education Trust, a research and advocacy organization.
50% : "Ending incessant federal interference will free up state and local leaders to foster more opportunities to give schools and educators true flexibility and innovation to address the needs of students, wherever they are educated," Allen said.
41% : " Trump campaigned on a promise to close the department, saying it had been overtaken by "radicals, zealots and Marxists."
38% : The department's workers had faced increasing pressure to quit their jobs since Trump took office, first through a deferred resignation program and then through a $25,000 buyout offer that expired March 3. Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform, which advocates for charter school expansion, said the cuts were important and necessary.
24% : The layoffs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by Trump as he moves to reduce the footprint of the federal government.

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