NEW: The Department of Education announced it was laying off 1,300+ staffers today, 1/3 of the agency. Combined with retirements & buy-outs nearly half the Department is vanishing. The entire staff of six OCR regional offices was cut. — w/ @ericameltzer.bsky.social https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/03/11/education-department-lays-off-nearly-one-third-of-its-staff/