How Dead Is the Department of Education?
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
If Trump follows through and successfully shuts down the Department of Education, what does America stand to lose?
Guest: Laura Meckler, national education writer for The Washington Post and author of Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity.
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| 1:16.4 | For the last few months, Laura Meckler from the Washington Post has been trying to understand exactly what's happening at the Department of Education. |
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