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Fired Department of Education employees clean out desks

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Hundreds of fired government employees filed into the Department of Education headquarters in Washington on Friday in order to collect their personal belongings and say their goodbyes. Former workers were given 30 minutes to do this. Afterward, they were walked out of the building’s doors.

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Emotional Education Department 'clap-outs' celebrate departed federal employees

Former Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona joins supporters of the Department of Education workers during a clap-out event in front of the Department of Education building in Washington D..C., March 28, 2025. Via Arthur Jones II/ABC News. (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of emotional Department of Education employees took part in a final “clap-out” in Washington, D.C., after losing jobs amid the Trump administration’s agency restructuring. The administra…

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USA Today

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Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn't.

Laid-off Education Department workers packed up their offices Friday – and said goodbye to jobs they loved.

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Fired Department of Education employees clean out desks

Earlier this month, nearly half of the department's staff was laid off.

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Emotional Education Department clap-outs celebrate departed federal employees - Everett Post

(WASHINGTON) — Dozens of emotional Department of Education employees took part in a final “clap-out” in Washington, D.C., after losing […]

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Emotional Education Department clap-outs celebrate departed federal employees

(WASHINGTON) — Dozens of emotional Department of Education employees took part in a final “clap-out” in Washington, D.C., after losing jobs amid the Trump administration’s agency restructuring. The administration slashed about 50% of the department’s workforce as part of President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s strategy to abolish the department and send education decisions to the states. The departing civil servants, who h…

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