President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order dismantling the federal Department of Education. Republican calls for abolishing the department date to the Reagan era. They view ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday which he said will “eliminate” the Department of Education, though the department will still keep some functions, including Title I ...

More than 1,300 Department of Education staffers were terminated by the Trump administration on Tuesday after all employees received an ominous notice instructing them to stay home from work.

The Education Department sent an email to staffers Friday saying if they quit by Monday night they will receive a $25,000 cash payout. A department official confirmed the email, which warned of ...

The Department of Education announced Tuesday it was firing nearly half of its workforce, the latest Trump administration move to shrink the federal government that could face swift legal challenge.

President Donald Trump's Thursday executive order dismantling the U.S. Department of Education leaves wide open questions about whether the legal rights of students with disabilities will be ...

WASHINGTON − Teachers, parents and students may be wondering what might change on college and K-12 campuses, amid the bluster from the Trump administration about shuttering the Department of ...

President Trump has vowed to dissolve the Education Department. Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters and former Education Secretary Arne Duncan explain the potential impact of Trump’s plan.

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office. By Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein Reporting from Washington ...

Since the Department of Education was established in 1979, the cabinet-level agency operating under the executive branch has been at the center of debate over the federal government’s role in ...