The Education Department's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering ...

Current and former employees at the agency spoke with The Nation about the chaos as 1,300 people were laid off on Tuesday.

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

MIT is one of 45 schools facing a Department of Education investigation for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices ...

Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to ...

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 ...

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

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

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

The Department of Education announced it was cutting about 2,000 staff members, seemingly the first step in fulfilling ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and ...