Education Department fires 1,300 workers, gutting its staff

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The email did not provide a reason for the closure, but the administration gave similarly cryptic notices about temporarily closing offices before severe cuts last month at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
47% : The cuts could portend an additional move by Trump to essentially dismantle the department, as he has said he wants to do, even though it cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.
47% : Trump has repeatedly said he wants to close the Education Department and instead rely on states and local school districts to fully oversee America's education system.
45% : Becky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, said the changes would drain job training programs and increase costs of higher education.
37% : In an interview last week on Fox News, McMahon said Trump intended to sign an executive order aimed at closing her department, but she declined to give details on the timing.
36% : Sheria Smith, the president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents more than 2,800 workers at the Education Department, said the Trump administration had "no respect for the thousands of workers who have dedicated their careers to serve their fellow Americans" and vowed to fight the cuts.
32% : Trump has radically upended federal agencies at the start of his second term by relying on a team overseen by Elon Musk, the world's richest man, to shrink and disrupt the federal government.
31% : But Trump may be forging ahead anyway.

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