The proverbial axe fell yesterday in DC with a cut of approximately 1,900 US Department of Education staff, equivalent to almost half the entire staff of the department. Officially, around 1,300 were fired; 600 had already taken buyouts. The Administration promised that cuts won’t impact Pell Grants, student loans, and other sensitive program operations. But there is plenty of damage that is being done. Continue reading The Fall and Rise of the US Department of Education