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

A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all ...

A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated ...

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

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

Best I can tell, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Sen. Tommy Tuberville have the U.S. Department of Education in some sort of a ...

The former secretary of education says Congress should control of federal funds for schools back to the states.

While Trump has abolished other agencies by executive order, he can't end the Education Department on his own because Congress created it in statute.

The lawsuit alleges the layoffs are so severe the department “can no longer function, and cannot comply with its statutory ...

The Department of Education announced significant layoffs this week, reducing its workforce by approximately half.

The U.S. Department of Education announced investigations into 45 higher education institutions for alleged civil rights ...

The lawsuit asks a judge to immediately pause the Trump administration's mass firings and declare that the dismantling of the Department of Education unlawful.