After the Trump administration laid off half the Education Department staff, the lawsuit seeks to reverse the firings.

California and other Democratic states allege Trump's cuts amount to an illegal shutdown of the Education Department's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of federal workers have slowed the government’s ability to ...

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond explained how reducing the Department of Education will affect Bay Area students, including college students and those in special education.

Employees at the Office of Civil Rights regional office in San Francisco are among those being cut as part of drastic changes at the United States Department of Education.

The employees being laid off started working remotely Wednesday and will go on paid administrative leave starting March 21.

As Trump begins dismantling the Education Department, student loan services, civil rights enforcement and funding for disadvantaged students remain in limbo.

The layoffs were the first step toward getting rid of the department altogether, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in an ...

California's education system fails Black students, with a six-decade gap in reading and math proficiency. The report calls ...