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In this week's edition: The former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics describes her final days under DOGE ([link removed]) . The president is working to eliminate the Education Department ([link removed]) . Plus, in a push to recruit and retain students, more colleges are offering credit for their life experiences ([link removed]) .
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[Peggy Carr, the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, at her Maryland home on July 1. Credit: Valerie Plesch for The Hechinger Report]
** Suddenly sacked
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Peggy Carr’s last day on the job came so abruptly that she only had time to grab a few personal photos and her coat before a security officer escorted her out of her office and into a chilly February afternoon. She still doesn’t know why she was summarily dismissed as commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), where she helped build the National Assessment of Educational Progress into the influential Nation’s Report Card. NCES is the federal government’s third-largest statistical agency after the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Running it for three and a half years was the capstone of Carr’s 35-year career at the Education Department.
And suddenly, she was out in the cold with no explanation.
“I would say that what has happened is a professional tragedy, not just for me, but for all of NCES and my staff,” said Carr, 71, in a recent interview. “But for me, it really was a personal tragedy because I have spent my career helping NCES build its solid reputation as a premier statistical agency in the federal system.”
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** What might happen if the Education Department were closed?
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Before President Donald Trump was sworn into office, his exact plans for dismantling the Department of Education were just speculation.
Since the start of his second term, however, Trump has aggressively moved to dismantle and diminish the agency, and issued an executive order to further that work.
Now he has the backing of the Supreme Court to gut the agency’s staff.
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** To fill seats, more colleges offer credit for life experience
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Colleges appeal to older students by speeding the way to degrees.
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