Many of America’s global competitors — and adversaries — are no doubt cheering President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. They know that countries who out ...

As the Department of Education announces that it is cutting its workforce in half, laying off thousands of workers, some people are wondering: What does the Department of Education do? The layoffs ...

Since Trump took office, multiple news outlets have reported he was prepping to gut the Education Department to the fullest extent of his power, directing his administration to slash spending and ...

The Education PreK-12 Committee also advanced a 107-page measure that would eliminate high school reading and algebra tests as graduation requirements, allow teachers to again have multi-year ...

The Senate voted 51-45 on Monday to confirm Linda McMahon as Education secretary to lead a department that President Donald Trump has instructed her to dismantle and eventually close. Republicans ...

President Donald Trump’s call to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education has reignited long-standing debates over the federal government’s role in America’s schools. Critics accuse the DOE of ...

Linda McMahon, whom President Donald Trump nominated to be Education secretary, is one step nearer to confirmation after the Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Thursday. Senators voted 51-47 to ...

President Donald Trump has set his sights on abolishing the U.S. Education Department and has said he’d prefer to put education policy in the hands of the states. But that may not be so simple ...