Annie Ma and Collin Binkley | AP Education Writer
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President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job.”
Since Trump took office, staffing at the Education Department has been cut in half, and he has been mulling an executive order to close the agency.
More than 1,300 career employees were cut, the Department of Education announced Tuesday in a press release, saying that the department has initiated its final mission of reducing the workforce in about 50%.
“Today’s reduction in force reflects the Department of Education’s commitment to...
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