President Trump's Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon will appear before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, ...

A pair of Democratic senators is pressing President Trump’s Education secretary pick Linda McMahon over her “minimal” ...

Linda McMahon faces an unusual test as she seeks Senate approval to lead an agency the president wants her to destroy.

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

While Trump can't dissolve the department by executive action, getting rid of it through legislation is still a good idea.

The U.S. Department of Education is one of the smallest agencies in the government, but one of the most impactful on the ...

McMahon's confirmation hearing comes a week after the president announced that he would like to eliminate the Department of Education.

Anthony Cernera appointed McMahon to Sacred Heart’s board of trustees in 2004 when he was the school’s president. She studied for every meeting and closely monitored university finances, he said. “She ...

North Dakota’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kirsten Baesler, has been nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for ...

As efforts to eliminate the Department of Education mount, here are the biggest roles the organization plays in students' lives as they navigate college.

President Donald Trump and his allies — including his former Education secretary — have publicly zeroed in on the Education Department as a potential next target for his cutting spree ...