Education Secretary Linda McMahon affirmed late Tuesday that mass layoffs are the first step toward shuttering the Education Department — a long-time goal of President Trump’s since his time ...

Tuesday’s announcement, affecting around 1,300 staff, is the next step in the Trump administration’s attempt to dramatically ...

Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and about 1,000 are in 10 regional offices across the ...

Roughly 2,100 Education Department staffers will start receiving layoff notices Tuesday, a Trump administration official said ...

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took ...

Department of Education staff will receive “reduction in force" notices Tuesday, and nearly half of the staff will be ...

The U.S. Department of Education will cut half its staff under newly confirmed Secretary Linda McMahon to position the agency ...

After Congress established the Department of Education, the department's seven objectives in law are: Helping ensure access ...

As a matter of policy and politics, the Trump administration is inviting a backlash by dramatically reducing the Department ...

President Trump's administration plans to downsize the federal education department, which could have ramifications across ...

Department of Education warned colleges and universities across the country of the financial repercussions of what they ...