The Trump administration significantly cut federal education research funding. This action led to grant withdrawals and layoffs at key agencies. Projects on digital learning and literacy faced setbacks. The Institute of Education Sciences and the National Center for Education Statistics experienced staff reductions. Several large-scale studies were suspended. Universities paused admissions, and researchers left the field. Post navigation David Ketchum, best known as hilarious Agent 13 in ‘Get Smart’, passes away at 97 US Education Department orders George Mason University to end race-based hiring practices or risk federal funding
