Past secretaries, union leader call for probe into Education Department slashing

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 704

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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WASHINGTON — Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers on Tuesday urged the department’s top watchdog to investigate the cost and impact of mass firings last year.

Former U.S. Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John B. King Jr., who led the department during the Obama administration, and Miguel Cardona of the Biden administration and Rachel Gittleman, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, sent a letter …

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