Dismantling the Department of Education: What It Really Means for the United States in 2025
What the Department of Education Actually Does The Department of Education, created in 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, is one of the smallest Cabinet-level agencies in terms of staff size, employing roughly 4,000–4,500 individuals. Yet its operational reach is broad. It administers the Federal Student Aid (FSA) system, which manages over $1.6 trillion in outstanding…