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

The layoffs call into question how agency will be able to handle major operations such as student loans, FAFSA, the Nation’s ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and ...

The Thursday lawsuit said laying off nearly 2,000 people at the department will hurt schools and universities across the ...

Colorado's Attorney General has joined 20 other states in suing the president's administration to stop what they call the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping layoffs across the ...

Amid layoffs and a plan by Trump to close the U.S. Department of Education, a new dawn for students is coming. Will it be ...

Since the 1860s, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has collected and analyzed data on education across the ...

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Trump and his education ...

Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

The states allege the cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's crucial, congressionally-mandated work ...