Even as President Trump has vowed to close the Education Department, he has sought to use the agency’s powers. Dana Goldstein, a reporter covering education and families for The New York Times, ...

If the Department of Education is dismantled, as some Republican lawmakers are hoping to do, public school K-12 educators fear what programs could be impacted.

Linda McMahon, Trump's education secretary pick, has her confirmation hearing on Thursday amid reports of plans to shut down ...

California received about $8 billion in funding for K-12 education and about $7 billion in funding for higher education in ...

It is governed by impenetrable rules and mandates that burden schools, diminish teachers, and estrange education from the purposes it was meant to serve.

However, the department does provide federal dollars to California, investigate complaints of discrimination involving California schools and students, and oversee federal student loans—loans that ...

If Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants her to “put herself out of a ...

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order that would call for the secretary to submit a proposal to diminish the Education Department.

Democrats are decrying what they call the fall of one of the most important agencies while Republicans are celebrating what ...

Staffers at the Department of Education worry the Department of Government Efficiency is accessing sensitive information and spreading confusion.

President Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. He can’t eliminate it without Congress, but Elon Musk’s DOGE can slowly starve it.

President Donald Trump vowed to cut the Department of Education and move its responsibilities back “to the states” on the campaign trail. The change would be an unprecedented move, as no ...