The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald 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.

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 U.S. DOE just laid off over 1,000 people — nearly half of its workforce. Schools and education experts worry about the ...

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

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