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

After a Connecticut woman was accused of holding her stepson captive for two decades, education advocates said the state’s ...

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

The former secretary of education says Congress should control of federal funds for schools back to the states.

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...

New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut won’t be reappointed to a third term as the top official overseeing ...

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

After almost four decades in education, including eight as the head of Royal Oak's school system, Mary Beth Fitzpatrick is ...

Best I can tell, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Sen. Tommy Tuberville have the U.S. Department of Education in some sort of a ...

What started as a plan to cultivate young talent soon evolved into something much bigger — the creation of High Tech High, a ...

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