The lawsuit alleges the layoffs are so severe the department “can no longer function, and cannot comply with its statutory ...

If the department does fully shut down, student loans are not going away. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that the ...

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

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

Attorneys general from 20 states joined the lawsuit to block President Trump's effort to dismantle the agency.

They are strategic, internal-facing cuts that will not directly impact students and families,” a spokesperson for the ...

A group of attorneys generals from mainly Democratic-led states said the cuts would decimate the agency.

Paul Reville is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a former Massachusetts secretary of education.

The Education Department announced Friday it is investigating more than 50 colleges and universities over what it called “racial preferences” in academics or scholarships, a move that ...

The Department of Education announced March 11 that it plans to cut nearly half of its employees, a move that will likely ...

The colleges under scrutiny include dozens of state schools such as the University of Kansas. The U.S. Department of ...