Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to close the federal Education Department. But dismantling the agency wouldn't be easy.

In its quest to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities, a move many teachers ...

The Education Department is trying to use the government shutdown to further push for its own elimination.   From an effort ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has argued that the government shutdown proves the Department of Education (ED) is not essential, noting that schools have remained open. Her remarks drew pushback ...

In a series of stories over the coming days, we will lay out numerous examples of how President Donald Trump has implemented ...

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and ...

A vast majority of Americans do not believe the federal government should have control over education policy, according to a ...

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael ...

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has temporarily paused the Education Department's decision to lay off nearly everyone in its special education division. Judge Susan Illston in the Northern District of ...

The Trump administration laid off 466 employees from the U.S. Department of Education amid a government shutdown. These layoffs affected the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, ...

Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, ...