Watch DOGE Dismantle US Department of Education in Real Time

The US Department of Government Efficiency regularly posts cuts to all US federal agencies, including the US Department of Education, which it is working on to dismantle. The cuts include "asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant cancellations, interest savings, programmatic changes, regulatory savings, and workforce reductions."

As of March 4, 2025, DOGE has reduced ED regulations by 1.25 million words and approximately 3,340 sections of regulation.  according to DOGE, ED has 4,245 employees making an average of $140,000 per year.  The average employee is 49 years of age and has worked for the Department for 13 years.  The total cost of employee wages is $596M per year. 

 Here's a sample of the current list of Department of Education contracts cut by DOGE.