Since March, they fired or pushed out half of the Department of Education staff. Half. They've left key offices with barely enough people to keep the lights on. They smashed the arm of the department that is in charge of keeping track of how students are doing and researching how to improve educational outcomes. and to pieces. There are just a handful of people left at the Institute of Education Sciences, and they are tasked with collecting reporting, analyzing data, overseeing research, and producing the nation's report card for the entire country. (02:09–02:19)
CLAIM
Asserts that Trump and McMahon dismantled the department responsible for tracking student performance and educational research.
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