Education grants for school safety, community schools, and family engagement will shift to Health and Human Services.

Trump and McMahon have acknowledged that only Congress has authority to close the Department fully, but both have suggested ...

The Department of Education said it is still interested in privatizing its almost $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio. This change could put more responsibility on private lenders.

The U.S. Department of Education exhausted millions in taxpayer dollars trying to eliminate a chunk of its Office for Civil Rights, a government watchdog found in a report released this month.

A federal court gave a final ruling Wednesday negating the Department of Education's directive from February 2025 to prevent ...

A bipartisan coalition of congressional members unveiled a budget proposal to fund the U.S. Department of Education at $79 billion for the 2026 fiscal year, largely maintaining funding and potentially ...

A group of school districts, educators, unions and advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, ...

Trump has no justification to ban DEI. But other legal experts say the administration has plenty of other tools it can use to ...

The Department of Education released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Jan. 29, announcing its intention to restructure the student loan system in an attempt to lower the cost of higher education.

Two new interagency agreements shift certain Education Department operations to the State and Health and Human Services departments.

The U.S. Department of Education has 86,520 pending Public Service Loan Forgiveness Buyback applications. It is receiving applications faster than it is processing them.

The Department of Education is taking its next major step toward overhauling the college accreditation system, inviting higher ed policy experts to suggest nominees for an upcoming negotiating ...