Department of Education cut in half: As of Tuesday, the Education Department is about half the size it was when President Donald Trump took office just a few weeks ago.
Seemingly per the Department of Government Efficiency's guidance, the Department of Education cut 1,315 workers. In addition to those firings, "572 employees accepted separation packages offered in recent weeks and 63 probationary workers were terminated last month," reports The New York Times (which seems substantially more concerned about these moves than I am).
Laid-off workers "will remain on the payroll for 90 days, receiving full pay and benefits, and be given one week of pay for each of their first 10 years of service and two weeks' pay for every year of service beyond 10 years," per the Times. (Seems reasonable.)
