In the United States, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the leadership of Ilon Mask announced a multimillion -dollar reduction in the budget of the Ministry of Education. The cost reduction team said that it terminated 89 contracts that concerned the research unit of the Ministry.
About this writes The New York Times.
DOGE announced various reductions in the Ministry of Education totaling more than 900 million dollars, they are focused on limiting the activities of the research unit, the Institute of Pedagogical Sciences. 29 grants related to learning by diversity and equality were also discontinued.
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Senator-Democrat from Washington Petty Murray condemned these abbreviations.
" The termination of these investments after signing the contract is a wastefulness, ”she said.