Tuesday’s announcement, affecting around 1,300 staff, is the next step in the Trump administration’s attempt to dramatically ...

The department employs about 4,000 people. The layoffs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by Trump as he moves to ...

NC schools could lose grants that fund teacher training, literacy programs, vocational rehabilitation and more.

Department of Education staff will receive “reduction in force" notices Tuesday and will see nearly half of its staff ...

The closure comes as President Donald Trump and his administration have already severely diminished the department.

Washington — Staff at the Department of Education received a notice Tuesday instructing them to leave the building by 6 p.m. local time and informing them that all department offices in Washington, ...

Will President Trump issue an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dissolve the Department of Education? While this initiative will likely require congressional approval, it ...

In Iowa and across the country, educators are bracing for the possible closure of the U.S. Department of Education.

Dismantling the Ed. Dept. is not a matter of giving power back to the states but of making education less equal from state to ...

His answer comes just days after the tense Oval Office meeting between Vance, Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

President Trump has said he wants newly confirmed education chief Linda McMahon to "put herself out of a job".

If the department does end up disappearing, it would be a shock for many local school districts that rely on certain federal dollars to support impoverished and low-achieving students, homeless kids ...