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"The first step": Department of Education to lay off half of workforce, McMahon promises "shutdown"

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The Department of Education announced that it was laying off 2,183 employees on Tuesday .

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon called the move "the first step" toward dismantling the department.

The mass layoffs will leave the department with 2 , 183 employees, down from 4,133 at the beginning of Trump 's term.