For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.

UC Davis education policy professor Kevin Gee says these federal dollars are used to help the most vulnerable.

After the Department of Education gutted nearly 50% of its workforce, educators have expressed deep concern -- not only for ...

Host of HBO's 'Real Time' Bill Maher on Friday's show told his panelists that he is skeptical of the Department of Education, ...

The Education Department's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering ...

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

The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...

California and other Democratic states allege Trump's cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's ...

A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all ...

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

Still, the state's superintendent of public schools said there would be a “much bigger impact” if Congress or the executive ...

Current and former employees at the agency spoke with The Nation about the chaos as 1,300 people were laid off on Tuesday.