Bill Maher told his viewers Friday that he was not a fan of the Department of Education ... that a third of eighth graders in the United States did not have “basic” reading skills.

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

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.

Federal oversight by the U.S. Department of Education has often created bureaucratic obstacles rather than actually improving ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A range of English learner programs and funding sources are under threat if Trump dismantles the Department of Education.

Dismantling ED would be devastating for the country’s children from their earliest years of learning through graduation ...