A senior adviser to Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivered a 95‑page report recommending how to rebuild the Institute of Education Sciences after deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency last year. Amber Northern’s “Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences” offers dozens of steps to restore core statistical collections and evaluation work that policymakers, researchers and institutions relied upon for program evidence. The report does not bind the department to action, but the paper signals an internal push—by some Trump appointees—to restore research infrastructure. Restoring IES would affect federal evidence standards, grant evaluation timelines, and institutions that depend on IES datasets for assessment and accountability.