The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...

The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

ALBANY — New York is seeking to halt President Donald J. Trump’s plan to scale down and eliminate the federal Department of ...

The United States Department of Education said Friday that has opened investigations into seven universities that are being ...

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...

The attorneys general of 20 Democratic states hit the Trump administration with a lawsuit over recent cuts to the Department ...

The administration "cannot dismantle the Department of Education," several states argued in a new lawsuit claiming ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

Twenty states are challenging the Trump administration’s layoffs across the Education Department, saying it amounts to an ...

The New York City Public School system is almost 95% funded at the state and local level. Still, that 5% of federal funding ...

Among the key initiatives discussed was a significant increase in funding for agriculture education programs and ...