Jonaki Mehta

It's one of the country's biggest funders of education research. And slashing this research could mean that the public, so parents, educators, students, policymakers, district officials, they don't have access to key data about things like student achievement, enrollment, school safety, teaching strategies that help students, you name it.

It's one of the country's biggest funders of education research. And slashing this research could mean that the public, so parents, educators, students, policymakers, district officials, they don't have access to key data about things like student achievement, enrollment, school safety, teaching strategies that help students, you name it.

The way one of them put it is that by canceling these contracts, they have, in the words of this employee, have wasted millions and millions of dollars.

The way one of them put it is that by canceling these contracts, they have, in the words of this employee, have wasted millions and millions of dollars.

They told me that she was a really sharp leader who had an eye for bringing efficiency to the public sector. So if she's confirmed, we'll wait and see how those skills might translate to what she's stepping into.

They told me that she was a really sharp leader who had an eye for bringing efficiency to the public sector. So if she's confirmed, we'll wait and see how those skills might translate to what she's stepping into.

It's one of the country's biggest funders of education research. And slashing this research could mean that the public, so parents, educators, students, policymakers, district officials, they don't have access to key data about things like student achievement, enrollment, school safety, teaching strategies that help students, you name it.

The way one of them put it is that by canceling these contracts, they have, in the words of this employee, have wasted millions and millions of dollars.

They told me that she was a really sharp leader who had an eye for bringing efficiency to the public sector. So if she's confirmed, we'll wait and see how those skills might translate to what she's stepping into.