The Department of Education has been shrinking, with Education Secretary Linda McMahon taking legal steps to close the agency and return it to local communities. The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, the country's two largest teacher unions, argued that this would disrupt students, educators, and school districts across the country. However, McMahon has been steadily reducing staffing, decreasing grants and increasing funding for charter schools. This month, the Education Department announced it would transfer oversight of the country’s massive student loan program to the Treasury Department. This is the 10th interagency agreement the administration has reached to transfer large swaths of the work of the Education Dept. to other agencies.