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What’s the latest? The administration Tuesday night laid off 1,315 Education Department workers. The cuts, combined with previous staff reductions, mean the agency will be about half the size it was when Donald Trump took office seven weeks ago.
What does the Education Department do? Among many tasks, the department is responsible for:
Will it keep doing all of that? The administration defended the cuts by saying they’d…