The Education Department is pushing to terminate half of its more than 4,000 employees, the Trump administration’s first major step in dismantling an agency it has targeted to shutter completely.

The Department of Education (DOED) is pulling the plug on the use of taxpayer dollars to fund "divisive" and "inappropriate" training programs for educators, announcing hundreds of millions in ...

BOSTON — State education officials are vowing to defy the Trump administration’s directive calling for states to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs by Friday or face cuts in ...

Higher education groups including the American Council on Education, EdTrust and the American Association of University Professors are urging colleges and universities to stay calm and not overreact ...

Since the Department of Education was established in 1979, the cabinet-level agency operating under the executive branch has been at the center of debate over the federal government’s role in ...