judge blocks Trump effort to dismantle Education Department
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The Education Department said Thursday it is opening a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia over the admissions policy at an elite, selective high school.
Hundreds of colleges said they'd encountered disruptions in the financial aid process since the Education Department drastically reduced its staff.
Washington State, with 20 other states, secured a court order halting Trump's administration's plan to cut the Department of Education's staff by half and outsource services.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended the Trump administration’s proposed cuts as part of an overall effort to shutter the department.
Linda McMahon, the secretary of education, received a frosty welcome on Wednesday from Democrats who hammered her relentlessly over President Trump’s directive to dismantle the agency.
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AG Kwame Raoul won a court order against the Trump administration's bid to cut the Education Department's workforce.
Grand Canyon University wins appeal as the Education Department rescinds a record $37.7 million fine for alleged deceptive practices involving doctoral programs.
The decision by an appointee of President George W. Bush follows a similar ruling in another challenge from a prominent law firm.