Warren Launches Investigation into Trump Administration’s Education Policies

Washington, D.C. — Senator Elizabeth Warren announced on April 24, 2025, her intention to investigate the Trump administration’s efforts to close the Department of Education. Warren aims to gather stories from students, parents, teachers, and borrowers affected by what she calls Trump’s dangerous agenda.

“I’m opening this investigation to hear directly from those who are being hurt by Trump’s dangerous agenda,” Warren said in a statement obtained by ABC News. “Their stories matter — and they are why I’m in this fight.”

Warren emphasized that since Trump’s administration proposed to effectively abolish the Department, many Americans have shared how public education has significantly influenced their lives. To this end, she sent a letter to a variety of education and civil rights organizations, including the NAACP and National Education Association (NEA), requesting insights on how the potential dissolution of the department may impact millions of students and families.

In her letters, Warren criticized Trump’s plan as a “reckless crusade.” She asked these organizations for assistance in determining whether the dismantling of the Department of Education would threaten students’ access to affordable and high-quality education.

Warren specifically seeks details on how proposed cuts to funding or services could harm students and families if the Education Department is abolished. The advocacy groups have until May 22 to respond with their findings.

The Massachusetts senator, who previously worked as a public school teacher, outlined the core functions of the Education Department in her letters. These include protecting students’ civil rights, funding for students with disabilities, supporting educational research, and distributing federal financial aid.

“School districts are already preparing for potential funding delays or cuts,” Warren noted, indicating that these disruptions could affect key programs, such as free school lunches for low-income students. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, however, has asserted that “none of the funding will stop” for mandated programs and argued that states may actually receive more funding if the department is eliminated.

National Parents Union President Keri Rodrigues described the efforts to close the agency as a “constitutional crisis on almost every front,” while NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the administration for “deliberately dismantling the basic functions of our democracy.”

Warren’s investigation follows significant layoffs at the Education Department, which reportedly lost around 2,000 employees, including many working in Federal Student Aid (FSA). She expressed concern about the “dire consequences” for over 40 million student loan borrowers.

Through her Save Our Schools campaign, Warren has pledged to combat the administration’s executive orders aimed at changing education policies. She intends to use federal investigations, oversight, and community collaboration to protect public education.

“Taking that away from our kids so that a handful of billionaires can be even richer is just plain ugly and I will fight it with everything I’ve got,” Warren said in an exclusive interview.