States and communities invest 90% of public education funds and shoulder most responsibility. The Department of Education ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vows that if Republicans seek to push a bill through the Senate to shutter the ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon wants to put herself out of a job. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The Department of Education Organization Act (DEOA), which also has been amended over the years, defined ...

The Department of Education has many different and varied responsibilities under its current formation and governs many ...

One of Republicans' long-time goals, eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, is closer to becoming reality. Here's what ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to abolish the Department of Education, but he would need ...

A group of advocacy organizations and those invested in schools sued the Trump administration on Monday over his executive ...

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities,” that attempts to dismantle the Department of ...

The U.S. Department of Education has become a large federal agency that interferes with decisions best made at the state and local levels. The department, created as part of a political deal, has ...