Closing the department would require congressional approval, and it’s unlikely Trump would have sufficient support.

Data from the Education Department show the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump ...

Some hoped Schwinn, a former state schools chief, would lend expertise to Trump’s efforts to give states more power over ...

Here are some of the ways in which the dismantling of the Department of Education could prove to be detrimental.

The Department of Education began sending notices to employees that it plans to resume shrinking the department after the ...

WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump signed a megabill with his spending and policy priorities into law on July 4, he ...

Key U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday decisively rejected virtually all the Trump administration’s proposals to ...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health initiatives and Ukraine ...

Despite the lack of staffing, the Education Department's workload just grew. After President Trump signed his massive tax and ...

Schwinn was President Donald Trump’s pick for second in command in education, but she faced strong headwinds from far-right ...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to carry out a broad layoffs at the Department of Education that were blocked by a federal judge.

The Trump administration released millions of dollars in federal education funds to Connecticut this week, after weeks of ...