Department of Education workers brace for Trump to shut agency down: ‘Everybody is distraught’

<p>Education department meeting in wake of new Trump policies was ‘incomplete and chaotic’, staff say</p><p>Workers inside the US Department of Education have described a “horrible, intimidating and unnerving” atmosphere among the rank-and-file as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> vows to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-education-department">shut it down</a>.</p><p>Widespread panic and confusion over the department’s future led to an “incomplete and chaotic” staff meeting on Wednesday, according to sources, as managers tried to explain new policies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/education-department-trump">Continue reading...</a>