Trump administration shifted the Department of Education's power on Tuesday by signing a handful of interagency agreements as it looks to dismantle the department altogether.

The Trump administration is no longer just talking about shrinking the federal role in schools, it is actively breaking apart ...

(Corrects second paragraph to reflect partnerships with four departments, including State) By Helen Coster (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is taking steps to dismantle the ...

The president aims to fulfill his promise to get rid of the agency ...

President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Tuesday in trying to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, ...

"The Trump Administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said ...

As part of its efforts to break up the Education Department, the Trump administration farmed out many of its major functions ...

The department has worked out agreements with other agencies to outsource many of its functions elsewhere.

McMahon has also repeatedly affirmed that only Congress can fully shut down the department, but she’s noted that closing the department is different from dismantling bureaucracy and co-managing ...

Multiple interagency agreements signal key step toward Trump’s hopes of dismantling federal agency.

An iteration of the department in 1867 lasted about a year before being demoted and not resurfacing until the Carter ...