Elon Musk’s $900M Education Cuts: A Blow to Student Progress Tracking in 2025
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated $881 million in contracts at the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), citing redundancy in its programs. The 2025 cuts, targeting long-term research on student achievement and equity, threaten to undermine efforts to address systemic gaps in America’s education system. The Scope of ...
