Higher ed observers aren’t calling time of death on the Education Department just yet.

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Nine months into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, he and his education secretary Linda McMahon have essentially gutted the 45-year-old Department of Education as they work toward their “final mission” of shutting it down .

First, they cut millions in grants and terminated hundreds of contracts . Then, they eliminated nearly 2,000 employees via buyouts and layoffs , slashing the department’s staff from just over 4,000 to about 2,400. With some offices erased entirely and others just a skeleton of what they once were, the administ

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