The Education Department's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering ...

Current and former employees at the agency spoke with The Nation about the chaos as 1,300 people were laid off on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed his administration's efforts to lay off about half of the Education Department ...

President Donald Trump has laid off various staffers working at the Department of Education. As AFROTECH™ previously reported ...

With a mass email sharing what it called “difficult news,” the U.S. Department of Education has eroded one of its own key ...

Matthew Platkin joined 20 other attorney generals in the suit against President Donald Trump's administration.

Trump's cuts to the Department of Education are part of a nearly long crusade by conservative Christian groups.

The U.S. Department of Education's workforce will be cut in half through layoffs rolled out Tuesday and buyouts over the past ...

The Department of Education announced it was firing over 1,300 workers, slashing staff in half as part of Trump's aim to ...

While Trump has abolished other agencies by executive order, he can't end the Education Department on his own because Congress created it in statute.

Linda McMahon said Trump "certainly intends" to dismantle the Education Department. What would that mean for schools and ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the ...