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

As President-Elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many education professionals are closely following his plans for the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...