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Past secretaries, union leader call for probe into Education Department slashing

The request cites roughly 1,000 layoffs and later rehiring, and asks the department watchdog to review the cost and legality of the moves.

WASHINGTON — Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers on Tuesday urged the department’s top watchdog to investigate the cost and impact of mass firings last year.  Former U.S. Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John B. King Jr., who led the department during the Obama administration, and Miguel Cardona of the […]

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Past secretaries, union leader call for probe into Education Department slashing

The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 23, 2026. (Photo by Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle)WASHINGTON — Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers on Tuesday urged the department’s top watchdog to investigate the cost and impact of mass firings last year.  Former U.S. Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John B. King Jr., who led the department during the Obam…

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