Today Is the Last Day for Many Education Department Workers. Here’s What They Did

Laid off Department of Education worker speaks out on on Trump admin's shakeup

The Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education go into effect today. Former Department of Education Data Coordinator Jason Cottrell is one of the workers who has been laid off and he joins Ana Cabrera to discuss the impact of the cuts on schools as students prepare to go back.

Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here’s what they did

For hundreds of civil servants, today marks the end of their work at the U.S. Department of Education, though most haven’t been allowed to work since March when they were placed on leave and later laid off. These employees performed a wide range of jobs, from safeguarding students’ civil rights to helping borrowers navigate a bewildering federal student loan system.Nearly 1,400 department workers are being fired as part of a broad reduction-in-f…

Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here's what they did

Employees across multiple divisions agree: They can't imagine how the department will fulfill its legal obligations with roughly half its staff gone.