Despite the layoffs, the Department of Education said in a news release that it “will continue to deliver on all statutory ...

The Education Department's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering ...

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated ...

Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to ...

On Tuesday, Education Department officials said the agency’s workforce would be cut roughly in half, with over 1,300 workers ...

While Trump has abolished other agencies by executive order, he can't end the Education Department on his own because Congress created it in statute.

The lawsuit asks a judge to immediately pause the Trump administration's mass firings and declare that the dismantling of the Department of Education unlawful.

The Department of Education was once a department with over 4,000 employees after layoffs, retirement and resignations, the ...

Good riddance as Trump moves to dismantle it. But what then?

Arizona State University is among 45 total schools the federal agency claims is not complying with civil rights' obligations.

Maine is one of 20 states suing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump to reverse layoffs at the ...

The firings were a first step toward a total shutdown of the Department of Education, the head of the department, Linda McMahon, said in an interview Tuesday on Fox News. But the layoffs will not ...