Department of Education announces plan to eliminate roughly half of its workforce
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The Department of Education plans to cut about half its staff, officials announced Tuesday evening.
Senior officials within the department told reporters Tuesday the reduction will not have any impact on the government's ability to deliver programming to students, but is instead about "consolidation" of redundant roles.
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