Supreme Court allows mass layoffs at Education Department
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The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs. But some workers slated to be let go are still in limbo.
"It's going to reduce the number of teachers, it's going to reduce the ability for us to make evidence-based changes.”
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back the workers, but they remain effectively on leave.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled to allow the Trump administration to resume its efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. What will that mean to schools, students and families?
The decision paves the way for President Trump to continue dismantling the agency, including moving career and technical education to the Labor Department.
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision paving the way for the Trump administration to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education.