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

President Donald Trump is downsizing a federal office that he's also using to carry out his policy agenda for schools.

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.

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, ...

Senator Maggie Hassan at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions hearing "Nomination of Linda ...

DOGE acknowledged that the work was incomplete but said it was part of an “enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ ...

Linda McMahon told senators she believes it would take an act of Congress to abolish the Education Department, saying the ...

Elon Musk’s DOGE slashes $982M in contracts, sparking fears in D.C. as legal searches and investigations surge.

A provocative set of graphs has kicked off a debate over whether—and how—more money can improve student outcomes.

The department, created by a Trump executive order, promised more information about "savings" on Valentine's Day.

DOGE canceled at least 58 government contracts across various federal agencies on Wednesday, totaling more than $150 million in savings for the American taxpayer.

Wednesday on the News Hour, in his first meeting with European allies, Defense Secretary Hegseth charts major American policy shifts on Ukraine. Lawmakers spotlight the so-called "war on waste" as ...