William Bennett and Lamar Alexander ran the Education Department under two separate presidents. Key things that need to ...

Sociologist Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins,” which argues that schools enforce racial hierarchies.

Will limiting the role of the U.S. Department of Education help or hurt local students? The president and local elected ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, which Education ...

and continuing with a 50% workforce reduction in March to "[restore] the greatness of the United States education system." Prior to the mass layoff announcement on March 11, the department sent an ...

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with former Education Secretary John B. King Jr. about the dismantling of the education department ...

American Federation of Teachers is suing the U.S. Department of Education for allegedly denying borrowers access to ...

The lawsuit argues that since the Education Department was created (and funded) by Congress, it can only take an act of Congress to end it — not an executive order from the president.

The British rock group Pink Floyd put it succinctly back in 1979, just about the time the U.S. Department of Education was ...

President Donald Trump's executive order to dismantle the Education Department is sure to face legal challenges from ...

As Alaska governor, I welcome the news that President Trump signed an executive order significantly decreasing the power and ...