A group of states, including Michigan, argued in court that the Department is vital to providing educational services ...

The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.

The Education Department fired 1,300 employees concerning critics who have blasted the decision's possible effect on student ...

NBC News reported all employees working out of the department's regional offices in Dallas, San Francisco, New York, Boston, ...

Almost half of the people who were working at the Department of Education when President Donald Trump took office just over ...

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 bright or bleak?

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

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

Trump addresses the mass layoffs at the Education Department, emphasizing state control over education, while concerns arise ...

In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 20 states and Washington, D.C., say the layoffs are so severe that the department “can ...

The United States’ Department of Education cuts nearly half of its workforce.

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said cutting the department's workforce nearly in half is a first step toward ...