In order to scrap the agency, the incoming Republican president would need congressional approval.

The feds not only fund programs for the most vulnerable children, but also Pell grants, manage state compliance with federal ...

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students ...

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned "disbanding" and "de-powering" the Department of Education during his ...

If the federal Department of Education closed its doors, funding would be the most immediate impact. Especially for the most ...

Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would ...

The Department of Education announced Wednesday that the Owasso school district in Oklahoma violated Title IX due to sexual ...

The Department of Education provides about 10% of K-12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student ...

The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. “Forever” by Judi Blume. “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. All have been pulled from ...

How would it impact schools and students, if the Education Department were eliminated, which Trump has said he wants to do?

Looking at it history, its failures and the conservative push to close it — is it time for a change? | Opinion ...

Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump has vowed to abolish the department, a long-standing and so far unfulfilled ...