President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department ... depend on federal funding for a quality education, including those ...

Almost all public school funding in the United States is provided by states and localities, with those governments exercising control over curriculums. The Education Department is responsible for ...

It also oversees the Pell Grant, which provides aid to students below a certain income threshold, and administers the Free ... Education Department’s money for K-12 schools goes through large ...

The U.S. Department ... the United States at 16th in science, ninth in reading, and 34th in mathematics—trailing nations that spend less but operate with decentralized, market-driven education ...

Denmark, Norway, Sweden and China are in the top 10 in education, Trump said, adding that China's high ranking shows large nations ... improve the quality of education in the United States.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to close the federal Department of Education ... is not the main source of funding for public schools and doesn’t determine teacher ...

U.S. President Donald Trump promised during his campaign for the White House to abolish the Education Department. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla ... inefficient, citing high administrative costs ...

President Trump took dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a four-and-a-half-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 ...

Washington — President Trump announced the signing of an executive order that would begin the process of dismantling the Department of Education "once and for all." "We're going to eliminate it ...