The fate of the U.S. Department of Education is currently in limbo. President Donald Trump came into office promising—among ...

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice ...

Congress created the first Department of Education just after the Civil War as a way to help reunify a broken country. A year later, it was basically shut down.

More than 175 Democratic members of Congress are filing an amicus brief on Thursday opposing the Trump administration's ...

The Department of Education (DOE) was created by Congress in 1979 and employs roughly 4,000 people. The federal agency has a ...

Jim Blew was an assistant secretary of education during the first Trump administration. He is a co-founder of the Defense of ...

The Trump administration is appealing a court order blocking mass layoffs and other changes at the Education Department.