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

At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...

The U.S. Department of Education's workforce will be cut in half through layoffs rolled out Tuesday and buyouts over the past ...

The Michigan Department of Education was established through state law and operates as an arm of the state government.

The Department of Education doesn't oversee school curriculums, but it does offer a range of services affecting millions of ...

Louisiana’s state board of education voted unanimously Tuesday to align the state’s fourth and fifth-grade social studies ...

Shuttering the agency is unlikely as it would require congressional approval and some Democratic votes to break the Senate ...

In Iowa and across the country, educators are bracing for the possible closure of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Trump administration said it is sending a letter to Ohio State University notifying the school that it is under ...

A draft executive order proposes dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Here's what local education leaders are saying ...

About 4,000 people worked for the Department of Education previously; following the cuts, roughly 2,000 workers remain there. The DOE is run by the Secretary of Education in the p ...

The change is designed to shift policy oversight to the states, but some question the impact on the enforcement of civil rights laws.