As Trump begins dismantling the Education Department, student loan services, civil rights enforcement and funding for ...

The US Education Department announced Tuesday that it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.Hundreds will<a class="excerpt-re ...

The US Department of Education announced that it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, with hundreds being laid off ...

The March layoffs are telegraphing an extreme move: a wholesale decimation of the Education Department, as Musk’s team did to the U.S. Agency for International Development. That action effectively ...

After Congress established the Department of Education, the department's seven objectives in law are: Helping ensure access to equal educational opportunity for everyone. Support states, localities ...

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

Experts say the move will inflate class sizes and take away special education services for students with disabilities.

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

Following through on a high-profile campaign promise to dismantle the US Department of Education, the Trump administration is ...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said cutting the department's workforce nearly in half is a first step toward ...

The Department of Education doesn't oversee school curriculums, but it does offer a range of services affecting millions of ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job.” ...