The U.S. Department of Education’s massive firing of staff is an illegal overreach of the Trump administration’s authority because the move seeks to incapacitate the agency, argues a lawsuit ...

Democratic-led states sue to block Trump administration layoffs at the Education Department The lawsuit says the layoffs are so severe that the department “can no longer function, and cannot ...

Despite the lack of staffing, the Education Department's workload just grew. After President Trump signed his massive tax and spending bill into law, the agency was tasked with implementing two new loan repayment programs, as well as a complex system for holding colleges accountable.

The administration last Friday announced it would release some of the funds, although Georgia raised the alarm when several days elapsed with no money in sight.

In response to the lawsuits, Education Department spokeswoman Madi Biedermann said in a statement that the Trump administration has promised to work with Congress to close the department. "Instead ...

Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration for severely reducing the staff and cutting contracts within the Institute of Education Sciences. ... They say the Education Department “illegally” ended the grants, which totaled $600 million. The lawsuit, filed Monday, March 3, ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump would like to erase the Education Department, but he can’t do that with just a stroke of the pen. Trump has repeatedly argued the department should be ...

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers, school advocates and teachers’ unions are taking swift action after President Donald Trump’s executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education ...

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers, school advocates and teachers’ unions are taking swift action after President Donald Trump’s executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education ...