The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Trump and his education ...

A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District for Columbia alleges that this week’s mass ...

The lawsuit, which was filed in US District Court in Boston, argued Trump does not have the authority to shutter the agency, ...

The states allege the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's crucial, congressionally-mandated work ...

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

An hours-long outage on StudentAid.gov has underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.

Amid layoffs and a plan by Trump to close the U.S. Department of Education, a new dawn for students is coming. Will it be ...

Shuttering the agency is unlikely as it would require congressional approval and some Democratic votes to break the Senate ...

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

The sweeping cuts may bring an end to data collection the federal government has conducted for decades, denying Americans the ...

Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He’s also going after DEI in higher education and ...