{"id":2426974,"date":"2025-04-24T13:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warren-launches-investigation-into-trumps-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:17:04","slug":"warren-launches-investigation-into-trumps-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warren-launches-investigation-into-trumps-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren launches investigation into Trump\u2019s dismantling of the Department of Education &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwarren-launches-investigation-into-trumps-dismantling-of-the-department-of-education-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2426974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has initiated an inquiry into president Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, expressing concern over the potential harm these actions may cause to students, families, and teachers. This investigation comes shortly after Trump signed an executive order to facilitate the closure of the department, which Warren argues is crucial for funding vital educational services, protecting student rights, and preventing fraud in for-profit colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Warren&#8217;s &#8220;Save Our Schools Campaign&#8221; aims to assess the detrimental effects of Trump&#8217;s policies, especially as they pertain to access to affordable and quality public education. The senator highlights Massachusetts&#8217; strong educational performance and stresses the importance of the Department in managing essential services like financial aid and special education.<\/p>\n<p>Warren&#8217;s inquiry involves reaching out to various educational organizations to gather data on the implications of the administration&#8217;s initiatives, warning that such moves could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-extreme-gop-shutdown-will-hamper-2000-disaster-recovery-projects\/\" title=\"GOP shutdown will hinder 2,000 disaster recovery projects, warns White House.\">disrupt vital services<\/a> currently relied upon by students and families. President Trump has long advocated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-linda-mcmahon-for-education-secretary-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump nominates Linda McMahon for ... secretary - Washington Examiner\">returning educational authority<\/a> to the states and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-corporations-cut-dividends-and-employees-while-dumping-billions-into-race-hustling-groups\/\" title=\"U.S. Corporations Cut Dividends And Employees While Dumping Billions Into Race-Hustling Groups\">made significant cuts<\/a> to federal education staff since taking office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Warren launches investigation into Trump&rsquo;s dismantling of the Department of Education<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2103063\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ELIZABETH-WARREN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-MA) launched an investigation Thursday to look at President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/DONALD-TRUMP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s dismantling of the Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/EDUCATION\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Education<\/a> and the effects it will have.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Warren launched her &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/save-our-schools-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Save Our Schools Campaign<\/a>&rdquo; earlier this month, days after Trump signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities\/#:~:text=(a)%20The%20Secretary%20of%20Education,and%20uninterrupted%20delivery%20of%20services%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive order<\/a> to take &ldquo;all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.&rdquo; The Massachusetts Democrat seeks to look into the &ldquo;harm&rdquo; these executive orders related to the ED will have on students, families, and teachers. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The senator&rsquo;s state ranks at the top in education in almost every category, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/profiles\/stateprofile?sfj=NP&amp;chort=2&amp;sub=SCI&amp;sj=&amp;st=MN&amp;year=2015R3\" target=\"_blank\">Nation&rsquo;s Report Card<\/a>.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3389884\/dnc-chairman-rebukes-david-hogg\/\">DNC chairman criticizes David Hogg promise to meddle in Democratic primaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3389830\/illinois-lieutenant-governor-juliana-stratton-announces-senate-run\/\">Illinois lieutenant governor announces run for Senate after Durbin retirement announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3389679\/trump-democrats-compete-unpopularity-contest\/\">Trump and Democrats compete in unpopularity contest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Americans rely on [the Department of Education] to fund a range of critical services such as financial aid to pay for college, special education, afterschool programs, and more. The Department is also responsible for protecting students from civil rights violations, fraudulent for-profit colleges, and predatory student loan servicers,&rdquo; Warren wrote in the press release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Accordingly, I request your assistance in understanding whether the Trump Administration&rsquo;s efforts to dismantle the Department will jeopardize students&rsquo; access to affordable, accessible, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-signs-law-allowing-bus-drivers-school-admins-to-sub-as-teachers-amid-shortage\/\" title=\"Whitmer Signs Law Allowing Bus Drivers, School Admins To Sub As Teachers Amid Shortage\">high-quality public education<\/a>,&rdquo; she continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been pushing for the closure of the Department of Education for some time now. The president pushed this initiative throughout his campaign, aiming to give the power back to the states, while terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will close the Department of Education and move education back to the states where it belongs,&rdquo; he said during his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have fired nearly half of the department&rsquo;s employees. Warren wrote that the department was understaffed before the firings took place.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump believes that the bureaucracy in Washington should be abolished so that we can return education to the states, where it belongs. I wholeheartedly support and agree with this mission,&rdquo; McMahon wrote in response to Warren&rsquo;s questions for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions nomination hearing.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one of the administration&rsquo;s efforts to slash federal spending and dismantle federal agencies. Each department has gone through its own wave of layoffs and dismantling. This is just one of the many efforts that Trump has targeted at education, with the most recent targeting college accreditors, requiring colleges to disclose some foreign gifts and contracts, while also outlining changes for K-12 schools. This is part of its push to refocus the education system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3388988\/jamie-raskin-investigate-trump-dc-us-attorney-russian-media-appearances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>RASKIN ASKS FBI TO INVESTIGATE TRUMP DC US ATTORNEY PICK OVER RUSSIAN MEDIA APPEARANCES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The far<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-left longtime senator wrote twelve letters<\/a> to leading organizations representing schools requesting information on the impacts of the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to dismantle the department &mdash; the American Council on Education, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Parents Unio, National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, Student Borrower Protection Center, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, National Center for Youth Law, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Women&rsquo;s Law Center, Institute for Higher Education Policy, and the Association for Institutional Research.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These actions risk major interruptions and delays in key services that students and families rely on,&rdquo; Warren wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Department of Education for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2103063\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2103063\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warren investigates Trump\u2019s dismantling of the Education Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2426975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elizabeth-warren-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35134,3976,3634,3883,32076],"class_list":["post-2426974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-department-of-education","tag-investigation","tag-trump","tag-warren","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/elizabeth-warren-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426978,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426974\/revisions\/2426978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}