As the Trump administration continues to focus on eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, its team tasked with shrinking the government is abruptly terminating contracts the agency held with many vendors and organizations.
The actions taken by the Department of Government Efficiency — the administration’s cost-cutting entity — have sparked concern that the cancelled projects will have a negative long-term effect on K-12 education, especially as many of the reductions target the department’s research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences.
IES was responsible for overseeing many longstanding programs, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which monitored student performance in math and English language arts across the country.
Cuts to contracts held by other offices in the department have the potential to affect oversight of the Federal Student Aid office, support for the migrant student information exchange, and access to a digital tool used by the Office of the Chief Information Officer to analyze National Center for Education Statistics data, to name a few.
The abrupt end of these projects could be especially impactful in the education sector, as school districts and vendors brace to lose the national data, guidelines, and access to scientific research they’ve come to rely on in order to choose and build high-quality educational products. Some of the impacted organizations are laying off or furloughing staff.
How many companies have had contracts terminated?
What Department of Education Offices Have Had Contracts Cut?
According to EdWeek Market Brief’s review of DOGE-reported contract cancellations, the terminated agreements have affected the following offices within the education department:
- Institutes of Education Sciences (IES)
- Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
- Federal Student Aid (FSA)
- Office of Finance and Operations (OFO)
- Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
- Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
The DOE has 17 different offices.
What Is the Total Savings From DOGE Cuts to the Department of Education?
Understanding the full scope of the cuts is challenging, as DOGE issued termination notices quickly and its “wall of receipts” webpage, where the entity says it tracks its savings across multiple government sectors, has been criticized as both incomplete and in some cases inaccurate.
In its initial review, EdWeek Market Brief found some factual inconsistencies, including four instances where the cost-cutting office said the amount saved on a contract termination was larger than the total contract value it listed. The list, as of March 5, also did not add up to the $881 million in total savings the DOGE claimed to have saved in a February 10 post on X.
Some of the cancellations also face legal questions, since the contracts were created under mandates from Congress or in response to lawmakers’ requests.
It’s unclear whether any of these contracts can be reinstated if a project is resurrected in the future. Impacted organizations contacted by EdWeek Market Brief said they believe they will need to re-bid for the work.
This table will continue to be updated.
Methodology
EdWeek Market Brief compiled a list of all the Education Department contracts listed as cancelled on the Department of Government Efficiency’s website, known as the “wall of receipts.”
These stated cuts were then cross-referenced against the Federal Procurement Data System and a pre-existing IES active contracts list to identify which office within the department oversaw the agreement.
The DOGE site says the items listed publicly represent only a part of its work and savings, and that the postings can “lag” by up to a month.
The total contract value and savings included in the list are figures reported by DOGE. EdWeek Market Brief has not independently confirmed those figures.
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How to Cite This Tracker
Which Companies Had an Education Department Contract Terminated by DOGE? (2025, April 11). EdWeek Market Brief. Retrieved Month Day, Year from https://marketbrief.edweek.org/regulation-policy/which-companies-had-an-education-department-contract-terminated-by-doge/2025/04