Education Department, with mass layoff, cuts nearly half of its staff

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : He feared student loan borrowers might also struggle to receive reliable, accurate advice on student loan repayment.
44% : It was not clear what new authorities or opportunities the reductions would afford states or local districts, which have the primary responsibility of running public schools.
43% : She said test scores and education outcomes are unacceptable, but she did not say how reducing the staff would improve them. American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents more than 2,800 workers at the Education Department, called on Congress to reverse the cuts.
42% : Trump said he wants to eliminate the department altogether, but that is unlikely, as it would require an act of Congress and 60 "yes" votes in the Senate, where Republicans hold only 53 seats.
21% : " Democrats said the reductions would hurt the people the department is supposed to help. "Donald Trump and Linda McMahon know they can't abolish the Department of Education on their own, but they understand that if you gut it to its very core and fire all the people who run programs that help students, families, and teachers, you might end up with a similar, ruinous result," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) said in a statement.

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