A Georgia State University professor described the immediate disruption caused by the U.S. Department of Education terminating a federal teacher-training grant effective immediately. Stephanie Lee Behm Cross said the cancellation forced her to contact dozens of grant-funded staff, triggered furloughs, and ultimately ended some employees’ positions. Cross and her team had built a teacher-residency program funded through multimillion-dollar federal grants, placing staff support and mentorship in partner school districts across Georgia. She said multiple workers experienced severe anxiety after the abrupt termination. The case highlighted what Cross described as a nationwide pattern: hundreds of researchers, school districts, charter systems, and colleges confronted contradictions after the second Trump administration implemented a broader crackdown on previously awarded federal grants.