The Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education go into effect today. Former Department of ...

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

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

As under secretary, Kent would oversee the office in charge of billions in federal student aid and that ensures America’s colleges provide a quality education.Start the day smarter. Get all the news ...

Under the law, there's one person ultimately responsible for carrying out those directives: Education Secretary Linda McMahon. Her entire department will be required to mobilize its depleting ...

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

Education Secretary Linda McMahon emphasized state-level education control as a nonpartisan priority, citing diverse needs across Republican and Democratic states.

Former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn has withdrawn her nomination to serve in the No. 2 spot in the Trump Education Department.

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday released federal funding that was previously withheld to California, Arizona and ...

President Trump’s education policy reveals a contradiction: pushing to eliminate the Department of Education while expanding its duties—raising questions about strategy and impact.

The Department of Education is facing a reckoning under US President Donald Trump. After calling it “a bloated and radical bureaucracy” on the campaign trail, Trump took steps to dismantle the ...

Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's dismissal of over 1,300 ...