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President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
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29 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
85/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
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The Seattle Times · Center-left · News report
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
The Washington Times · Center-right · News report
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President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping efforts Tuesday to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies, in another major...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping efforts Tuesday to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies, in another major...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping efforts Tuesday to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies, in another major...
The administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of those programs to other federal agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
Officials announced that the Education Department’s civil rights office would also be broken off, the most aggressive move yet to dismantle the department.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
The Trump administration is moving oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Department of Education and reassigning them to other agencies.
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President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies
The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.
It plans to move special education and civil rights functions to HHS and DOJ.
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Jun 16, 4:45 PM: ABC News joined the source map.
Jun 16, 5:04 PM: NPR joined the source map.
Jun 16, 5:16 PM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.
Jun 16, 5:20 PM: The Independent joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 85/99 and story health is stable · 29 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.