"Soon after Donald Trump returned to the White House, his administration gutted the federal government's central education data collection and research funding agency, the Institute of Education Sciences. Researchers say the move jeopardized the nation's ability to figure out how to improve K-12 and higher education and its capacity to hold publicly funded schools, colleges and universities accountable. But the president didn't fully erase IES-which Congress created, and continues to require to exist, through the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002."
"In the eight months since the Department of Government Efficiency and the Education Department announced the slashing of more than $1 billion in multiyear contracts administered by IES, there have been mass layoffs followed by some new job postings; litigation over canceled studies and contracts, followed by reports of some restorations; a request for public comments about how to "modernize" IES, despite the administration's continued push to shutter the department housing it;"
The Trump administration sharply reduced the Institute of Education Sciences' capacity by canceling more than $1 billion in multiyear contracts and cutting staff. Researchers warn the reductions undermine national capabilities for education data collection, research, and accountability across K-12 and higher education. Congress continues to mandate IES under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and is planning funding far above the administration's request. The Education Department has solicited public comments on modernizing IES and temporarily appointed an adviser to re-envision the agency. Layoffs, litigation, partial restorations, and mixed signals have produced substantial uncertainty about IES's future.
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