WASHINGTON—Who needs the U.S. Department of Education to stay just the way it is?

Not Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who sees it as her mission to be “the last secretary” of a vast bureaucracy known more for its aspirations than its successes.

In the meantime, McMahon wants to cut the behemoth down to size. So, in keeping with President Donald Trump’s agenda, McMahon ordered nearly 1,400 layoffs. Predictably, the usual suspects protested. The case made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which issued an unsigned order Monday that allowed the layoffs to proceed, pending further........

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