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The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office

Elon Musk United States DOGE Donald Trump NCES IES Patty Murray the Department of Education
An empty classroom
IES gathers and disseminates data and research subjects including the state of US student achievement, school crime and safety, and high school science course completion. Photograph: Stella/Getty Images/fStop

Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has terminated nearly $1bn in US Department of Education contracts, in effect eliminating a research office that tracks US students’ progress.

After announcing $101m would be slashed from 29 DEI training grants on Monday, the Doge account on Twitter/X said that Musk’s team terminated 89 contracts worth a total of $881m on Tuesday.

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