Doge Tore Down the Education Department’s Research and Statistical Agency. Now Some in the Trump Administration Are Pushing to Rebuild IT

A year ago, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency swept into the Department of Education and devastated its research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Nearly 100 contracts for major statistical collections and research studies were canceled. Roughly 90 percent of IES staffers were laid off, stal…