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

The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

ALBANY — New York is seeking to halt President Donald J. Trump’s plan to scale down and eliminate the federal Department of ...

The United States Department of Education said Friday that has opened investigations into seven universities that are being ...

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

President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...

The attorneys general of 20 Democratic states hit the Trump administration with a lawsuit over recent cuts to the Department ...

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

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

Long Island educators, parents and students worry that the staff cuts could impact special education and student loans.

The department is also terminating leases on buildings in cities including New York, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland.

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