A recent executive order signed by President Trump focuses on shrinking the Department of Education to prepare it for a ...

Linda McMahon, was confirmed in a 51 – 45 Senate vote on March 3, 2025. Upon becoming secretary, McMahon delivered her opening speech to ED, “Our Department’s Final Mission,” where she confirmed ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. This action threatens a critical ...

The Trump administration’s recent moves to shutter the U.S. Department of Education and shift management of the $1.6 trillion ...

Many of the agency’s offices and programs are codified in federal law, raising questions about how much McMahon can reduce ...

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

President Trump's ability to eliminate the Department of Education is much more limited than you might think, despite his ...

President Donald Trump announced Friday that several of the Department of Education’s (ED) duties are being transferred to other agencies.

Experts and education leaders told Newsweek that President Trump's plans to abolish the Department of Education could profoundly affect K12 students.

More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office, internal charts show.

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) In 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act, with the office officially established in 1980. Carter stated that ...